The day has come. White water rafting on the Nile River with a total mix of anticipation and fear. As we drive to Jinja, we all wonder why we are doing Grade 3 and not Grade 4 and 5. I mean YOLO right? We arrive at the Nile River Explorers backpackers sight and ask if we can change. No problem says the manager. We are all set for Grade 4 and 5 rapids on the Nile River. As we drive up to the beginning of our trip, we have fruit and rollexs for breakfast (chapatt...

I rafted the Nile and survived!!! YAY! I will tell you all about my experience and the 15 seconds that I saw my life flash before my eyes. We just came from Kampala and now we are on our last day in Jinja. We have the Sunset Cruise tonight (more commonly known as the booze cruise). I will update when I am back in Kyarusozi tomorrow.

On Thursday morning, we caught a bus to Kampala at 7am. We are accompanied with Liz who is a university student from Kampala staying with the Sisters in Fort Portal for the week. She is also heading to Kampala that day so we jump at the opportunity to take the bus with her. Greg (one of the other ND students) and Becky (a Peace Corp volunteer) are also on the bus to Kampala. We arrive in Kampala around 1230 and our planning on staying at a convent in Kampala ri...

This was a short week at the school because we would be leaving on Thursday for our weekend trip to Kampala, Jinja. Teaching the alphabet has been a great addition to my class each day. We are now up to the letter K with only two weeks left. The students LOVE using the dry erase boards because they are something new and exciting to them which makes the overall lesson that much more exciting. My teacher has said that these lessons have rapidly helped them with the...

Today was the day that we had been anxiously waiting for. Our trip to Queeny Park was included in our trip. We would be staying at the Mwenya Safari Lodge (a five star-resort) and engage in a boat launch to see many of the animals in the English Channel. It was about a three hour drive from Fort Portal, where we went through Kasese where Squirky did some of her research. On the way, we stopped at the equator and took lots of pictures with one leg in, one leg ou...