June 26th, 2011

June 26th, 2011


It was another trip to Jinja today, but instead it was a time to relax and have a good time because a large group of the volunteers went. Bryan got to be apart of a music video today that his friend was shooting in Jinja so that is pretty cool. I definitely want to see that when it is done. The rest of us had ate at Flavours, which was pretty good food, but certainly overpriced for the service and what you actually. Still, a nice change from our daily meals. I am pretty sure I would survive ok here though, just because I enjoy eating most things they have here. It is nothing like going out and getting a Qdoba or Chipotle burrito (which I do miss dearly) but there are still decent tasting meals. I am excited to try this chinese food place that is right outside of Jinja. Apparently it is pretty good, but we all know good is relative.

After eating we took a trip to the source of the Nile. This is a very touristy place and as weird as it sounds, I felt uncomfortable taking a bunch of pictures because I didn’t want to feel that tourist feeling. I am all for going to visit places, but I now want to go on more trips and see the behind the scenes action, if that makes sense. Being a tourist just doesn’t appeal to me. Traveling does. Don’t know if you can have one without the other, but I will try. I did find it pretty cool to get to stand in the Nile River. It definitely was another first for me. I think it would be a good time to get some guy to row you out on a boat somewhere along the Nile and go fishing. They have to have some interesting fish in this massive body of water. It was cool to see how wide it was at some places. Probably the biggest river I will be in for awhile.

After seeing the Nile, we took a little trip to a hotel that had a pool outside. It was really nice to get to sit out in the sun and swim around a bit. It made me miss the pools in Fort Collins. I hope it stays warm at the end of the summer so I can join everybody for more cliff jumping when I get home. Overall today was a fun time with everyone and I feel we all got to know each other a little bit better. Each group has so many things to offer African and Uganda. I can’t wait to explore more of this world and see what other crazy things are out there. If there is any chance of traveling abroad later on, I certainly will jump on it. I feel like life isn’t long enough for one to see what this planet has to offer. Just seeing the things in this this small country has opened up everything. Somehow my minds image of the world seems to fit a little bit better to what it actually is, a giant freaking planet with endless adventure.