Living it up like a rockstar in Uganda!
Trip Start
Mar 03, 2007
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Trip End
May 04, 2007
Jinja,
Uganda
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Little Girls
This picture is for Lilli!
Hello!
So this past weekend was absolutely the best days of my life. It was wonderful! We left Friday afternoon for our trip to Uganda. We went through immigration on the border and took a bus to our destination in Jinja, Uganda. When we arrived, we checked into our hostel and ate dinner on the Nile River. It was amazing! I sipped on a Nile Special (beer) on the Nile. How crazy is that? On Saturday we went water rafting. It was so much fun. Our raft did not tip until the very last rapid. We decided to try the hardest rapid possible, so of course we tipped. I thought I was dying. It was the most incredible experience ever. During our rafting a guy taped us, so I have it captured on dvd. Sunday we went back to our village and relaxed the rest of the day. While I was in Uganda, I missed my little hut in Kenya so much. It is like home to me now.
Oh, I almost forgot my funny story....while we were rafting, there were a few calm spots where you could get out of the raft and swim. When it was time to get back in the raft, one of the other rafters tried to pull me back in the raft, and I lost my pants in the river. Luckily, I was able to grab them. It was the funniest thing ever.
I am not going to the coast this coming weekend, but we are going in two weeks. This coming weekend we are going to Mount Elgon to camp. It will be my first time EVER sleeping in a tent. I am so excited! We are going to camp and visit an elephant cave. We are going to go inside a cave, I forget the name, that is famous for the Ebola break out. When I was in nursing school, we had to read a book called, The Hot Zone. It is about a serious disease called Ebola, that liquefies your organs. But don't worry, there has not been any outbreaks since 1995. My experiences just keep getting better :-)
I wanted to update everyone on my special friend, Levin. His aunt wrote me a letter thanking me for supporting him. She told me that I am welcomed in their home anytime. I will be going there today, so I will let you know how that goes.
I hope everyone has a blessed Easter. I miss you all and think about you often.
Love ya bunches,
Jacquie
P.S. Please ignore my spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. I have to type fast and send quickly. Love ya~
Comments
bday month!!!
it sounds like you are having a lot of fun! this weekend i started celebrating our birthday! on saturday jeff and i went out to eat with another couple. we were going to go out but i came home and feel asleep waiting on them to get ready; woke up at 1am ready to hit the club. oh yeah, i have a funny story for you. sat. before we went out to eat, buttercup and i were outside with jeff. i kept trying to pull down his pants outside because his ass kept creeping out of his pants like a plumberman! he started running from me, buttercup started chasing him, and i was chasing both of them. i came around the side of the house by the garage and my foot got stuck in the cement where the water spout comes down. Girl, I Fell! My forehead hit the light on the truck, my chin hit the bumped, my knees and elbows hit the ground! i am bruised up, my lower back hurts, and i got scratches on my forehead!!!!! then on sunday, we went up to michigan city to gamble and lost about $50-60. But it was lots of fun!! hope you could have been here!!!
hey
hi jacquie,
Sounds like you are living it up over there. I can't image what it was like losing your pants in the nile, nor do I want to try to picture it! Have fun on your next adventure. Happy Easter. Hopefully, I'll see you in a few weeks. Take care.
Missy