Hi everyone, we have finally been able to start the blog and cant believe its only been a week! As you all probley know we had a complete nightmare of a journey to get here but was brilliant to land even if it meant we had missed the group and was left sitting in Karen Kamp for about 5 hours waiting for a guy called Smiley!

Smiley lived up to his name and reputation but when your tired a extremely happy chappy gets a little irratating after a while haha. but the journey was beautiful and we cant fault him on how much information he gave us.... it was all a bit sereal. The first camp was decent but Derek the tour leader had explained we were getting up early to go on a safari in Nakuru.

The next morning we met the group (a mixture of ages and cultures), we could defiantly tell we were going to be the loudest.....

We arrived at the National Park pretty early and hadnt been warned that the monkies would steal everything and anything if they were given the chance, but we learnt this pretty quick when Laura put her bag down and had her lunch stolen... hysterical!!! The day was amazing and really hot, we saw lots of animals but the rhino was defiantly the most impressive. The views were beautiful and went from barran to forest within seconds, with the city in the distance... one hell of a day and a definate thumbs up and kicked the trip off to a good start.

We headed to the knitting factory which was non profit and was there to support the local women. They showed us all the stages one product would go through and then we got to go to the shop and buy something if we wanted (all money would go to the woman who made it). There was a dog who used some of the toys as 'love' partners, which was rather amusing!

Next stop was Nakuru town, wow, an eye opener or what. soooo busy with the hustle n bustle but everyone was soooo friendly. We were chatting to the locals for ages they were singing and dancing for us too and were interested in us as we were new to them. We saw a lot of police with guns though but there all for our safety and even said hi as we walked past so wasnt too scared. The traffic is horendus though OMG they drive round like loonys im surprised there arent more accidents.

After that we visited a slum called Bayse in Kampala. It held 300,000 people in one small area. We went because a charity has been set up by two lads who grew up there but now are older wanted to change the poverty there. in the last three years they have helped provide more food, water supply and have build a v.small school.We arrived with books, pencils, paints, crayons, pens and paper for all the kids to do our bit. Once we arrived we met all the kiddies, they were amazed by us all they wanted to do was hug us and follow us round, they loved our cameras and having pictures taken with us too but it was sad at the same time how they lived day to day life. We built a new classroom on the school in the afternoon and painted it, was hard work in the heat but so rewarding to help the charity and make a difference to the kids. After this we had a tour round the slum, saw sex workers, druggies, alcoholics, an orphanage, kids playing in mud, kids with no clothes or food, men and women who had just given up as their lives were just so hard. There was all litter and rubbish everywhere, their homes were just shaks made of whatever they could find and aids/ HIV was a major issue. We loved every second though.

We then visited a tomb of the late kings mother of Uganda. This was pretty emotional for us as it was a big thing for the people of Uganda to let us two in, there was literally a stone coffin in this chapel where she lay and the two African women that let us in told us we could ask her for anything we wanted in life in the hope her spirit will bring it us, she said we are welcome in her family as her grandaughters. we were touched.

That night we went on a big night in Kampala, there was only 6 of us, the tour leader and some locals we met (Timbo and Davies). Man what a night out that was. We drank a bottle of Ugandan gin to ourselves and got dancing with all the locals, their music is soooo good and they can dance so good they were showing us all the moves......it was like having a dance off English vs. African. (this is probs a convo we should have a home as u NEED to see the dance moves we learnt lol).

Next stop was Rwanda where we visited the Genocide museum. WOW emotional stuff again. Makes you apreciate the country knowing what it went through just 15 years ago, how all those people died due to a German government- the w***ers. Im sure u all know about it from the news though.

Nice meal out tonight followed by some drinks, should be a good one. Speak soon. Love to you all.