not really but it made for some good jokes

Last weekend we took a break and met up with our colleagues in Jinga at the Kingfisher resort. Friday was a long travel day and we concluded with a “joyfull reunion”, a swim (in front of an audience of 50 or so muslim school children) and dinner.  It was also Angela’s birthday so we had another reason for celebration.

Saturday morning Alix, Zahra, Rachelle and I were picked up at 7:30 and transported to a spot further down the Nile. The Kingfisher resort is at the mouth of the Nile on Lake Victoria. We joined a group to go rafting down the Nile! We had an amazing day. It began with lessons on how to survive the overturning of our raft and Rachelle got a suprise ducking by our guide. Once he was sure we all knew what to do we started off. Immediately we reached the first rapid and our guide told us that unfortunately the river was too high and we were going to have to get out and walk around. We steered to shore and a guide grabbed our raft – but he couldn’t hold it and we shot backwards down the rapids! We were all shocked and exhilarated when we spat safely out the other end. Our journey continued with a leisurely drift and swim and a series of rapids. In one we flipped over entirely and in another we tipped to almost a 90 degree angle and everyone on the right hand side of the boat was lost, this included rachelle. The rest of us stayed in the boat, barely.

We ended with lunch about 2pm in a lovely spot over looking the nile and then were transported back to the kingfisher for more swimming, resting and visiting.

Sunday we took a lovely and sedate cruise out onto Lake Victoria, to the mouth of the Nile and up into the Nile. We saw many different birds, and some monkeys and enjoyed the beautiful scenery before returning to the Kingfisher for more swimming and lounging.

Later that same afternoon we departed for Kampala and the next stage of our journey.