national lampoons africa

thought we would take a little vacation and go to Jinja to see the nile river and go onto the town to buy some souvenirs. so all 5 of us piled into the car, nics dad is travelling with us (nat and nic are the parents and me kristen and nics dad were the kids!!) we had a good old fashioned road trip complete with funnies and maybe a few squabbles. driving through kampala is like nothing i have ever seen before, all dirt roads, no street signs and overall chaos but an experience nonetheless. when we got to Jinja it was well worth the wait, the view of the nile from our hotel/tent was amazing. We took a boat tour on this old wooden boat, saw lots of interesting birds and also saw where they are building the new damn which will basically wipe out the resort we were staying at. There was also some boys fishing for Tiliapia in the river and there are a lot of people kayaking apparently its some of the best kayaking in the world. It was so hot and the water looked so refreshing I wanted to go for a swim but Nat advised against it, I guess there is a good chance you will pick up a parasite if you swim in it. We stayed in this tent with beds in it and there was a huge storm overnight which was kind of exciting and actually cooled things down. We woke up to find monkeys climbing through the tree and I also enjoyed pineapple/passionfruit smoothies on the deck in the morning.
love to you all,
wendy