Hairy Lemon Jinja

... our hair and then there was another customer with another 2 women braiding her hair…I let you do the math, but it was quite crowded! In brief, it was hot and people kept pushing and shouting at each other and my kabina pained like crazy from sitting down for so long, but there was no space to stand and stretch. So, basically my mum was right when she told me ‘Wer schön sein will, muss leiden!’ (You have to suffer to be pretty!) And pretty we ...

... Zach and I were in a raft with a San Franciscan, a Brit and North Irishman who work for Save the Children in South Sudan, and an Aussie. It was a good group. Our guide Paulo is on the Ugandan kayak team and has traveled all over the world competing. He started us on a smooth part of the river practicing commands he would use the rest of the day like "Paddle forward, Hard, GET DOWN!" where we ducked into the raft so we wouldn't be flung into the rapids. Then ...

... back home in South Africa by about March, an amazing journey. We both ended up sitting at the bar with them all afternoon, drinking and exchanging travel stories. The most amazing thing was to hear their story of finding 3 new born kittens in Egypt whose mother had been run over so they took them in and ended up raising them and were travelling with them in the truck. They even had some friends bring ...

... we sat around drinking and Helen taught everyone how to play "Who Am I" which was good fun. We even had Sue and Moses playing.<br><br>After we finished up the punch we headed for the bar for more drinking - there will be some hangovers in the morning! It was a great night with everyone at the bar having a good time, probably the first night we had all got properly drunk together as we finally don&#8217;t have an early start and a long day driving.

... told unless you want your camera confiscated do not take any photos of it.<br><br>We&#8217;ve noticed everywhere you go outside all the banks have armed security guards and all the campsites appear to have at least one. We&#8217;re told they&#8217;re not just for show.<br><br>As we got in very late tonight we pitched our tents, had dinner and pretty much crashed. We can hear the water though and so we&#8217;re obviously very close to the river which should be nice.

... was the safety way, the other was called 50/50 because you may or may not make it. The final way was in to a place called the "Bad Place." The Bad Place was for the insane because it had a sharp drop into kind of recycling vortex that is pretty much guaranteed to hold you under if you fell into it. We opted to try 50/50 because the woman didn&#8217;t want the insane way. Right before we were to set off, the woman didn&#8217;t want to go ...

... returning next year to see if that dream has been realised!!<br><br>It was a really sad day today, some children's parents didn't come!! We've got a few young people still at Bells house, until their families / guardians come for them.. They were so disappointed. It was heart breaking to watch. I'm going back to school tmw to see them, hopefully they get picked up tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens.<br>x

... queued up for a hug (Thats a new development - They usual greet me in a more traditional Uganda way). The smallest children went to the back to the queue for a second hug.. it was a wonderful welcome!!! <br><br>I introduced the puppet to the children. They Loved her!!! After much debate she was given a name... they named her Smiley (Sign name). <br><br>The main school was so quiet, I ...

So finally made it to Jinja Uganda. Just getting to the bus station in Nakuru was challenging since I was not staying in the nicest part of town and going out at night is strongly discouraged. So I told a boda boda (motor bike taxi) driver that if he wanted a ride he could pick me up at 8 PM I negotiated him down to $1 but when he got me there without incident I was so happy that I gave him the original $1 ...