Uganda

We left Nakuru on Tuesday morning and headed to Jinja, Uganda. It was an 8 hour bus ride with Kampala Coach and this is what i learned about buses in Africa:

1. They are very aggressive drivers...but they can only reach certain speeds because there is a gigantic pothole or speed bump every hundred meters.
   
2. You better love Usher because they played about 6 of his music videos over and over again.
   
3. No matter what it is, music videos or CD's, expect it to be played about 5 times in a row. By the end of that, you basically have learned the native language and can sing along.
   
4. There is a good mixture of music. Christian music is a lot better over here, even if they do play it over and over again. I guess its a lot like Praise 106.5 (Man i miss that stuff).
5. The buses are usually the biggest vehicles on the road, so if they want to use your lane, you better get out of the way.
   
6. We were blessed though because we had ample leg room

That was my bus experience. It was a good one. Hopefully our bus ride tomorrow morning is as memorable.

When we got to Jinja, we walked around, found a place to stay and rested up...because the next day we were going rafting on the Nile. The rafting was amazing. We hit class 4 and 5 rapids. Our group was sweet. Everyone wanted to hit all the big ones. We even hit a few that most groups miss because the paddling is too much. It was great. We got flipped twice, one of them our guide did on purpose we later found out. Haha. So much fun. The great thing was, we didn't run into any crocs. I guess we are too skinny these days for them to even consider.

After that we stayed at the campsite down the river. We went swimming in the Nile the next day. The currents are pretty strong, so we definitely had to be careful. Nick might tell you a story about that one day. Last night the rafting company gave us a free ride to Kampala, and that is where we currently are.

We leave tomorrow to go to Lake Bunyani. Its suppose to be unreal. We'll stay there for a few nights and then onto Rwanda to trek Mountain Gorillas.

God bless you all,

Love and Peace