Thursday May 21
Can you say Bungee? I can. So today we went to Jinja which is about an hour and a half
to the East. We left at 6am and were greeted with a great sunrise as we drove
out of Kampala. We headed past the
tea and sugar cane fields. When we
arrived at Jinja we went to the Bunjagali Falls. It is an amazing display of power. We paid a guy to swim over the falls holding the jerry can
and nothing else. No lifejacket or
floatation device around. If there
had been a crowd they also would have gone around and collected tips.
After the falls we headed
down to the Adrift base camp which is a backpacking place meets whitewater
rafting or kayaking and bungee jumping.
Lauren, Morgan and Jordan decided they would take the plunge. Catherine and Amanda were still hanging
on to deciding until after they saw the other team members go. Lauren went first- beautiful swan dive
down and her hands hit the water.
Morgan was up next- great leap and a dunk in the nile up to her
waist. (That would be two days in
a row for Morgan and the wet tshirt).
Jordan was up next- a little technical difficulty on the leap but
everything worked out and in the water he went up to his waist as well.
Catherine and Amanda decided
to step up to the challenge and went for it. Josh had a little moral encouragement from Josh. Amanda needed a little bit of a second
“One Two Three Bungee” to make the
jump. Catherine took no time what
so ever and just went for it.
Morgan went for round two regular bungee dive. Lauren went for a backwards bungee- beautiful
execution. Amazing stuff.
Then up for round three
Morgan and Lauren. They chose to
do a front leap with a little bit of a running start. Fun thing was that when they got done with the fall it was
like a swing. It was amazing
stuff. And the team didn’t believe
me that I was nervous every time someone jumped I was incredibly nervous. But I will tell you, after watching
them I almost wanted to do it. (I
do not enjoy the falling feeling, it’s not the scaryness or safety concern.)
After bungee we headed down
to the Source of the Nile. We all
hopped in a boat to ride down to the island next to the “source.” Lake Victoria is right there and the
nile begins to flow north. We got
out of the boat and walked around while our guide explained how the source
works. The mile zero marker stone
is there so Jordan, Josh, Eddie (our driver), and I crabbed our way across the
water to the stone and safely made it back. The wind was blowing really big so the waves made it a
little wet. We met some guys from
Indonesia who wanted pictures with us.
One of the guys said to me “you know indonesia?” Me- “yes” Him- “yes, you know us? The country that supposedly had the tsunami in 2004?” Me- “oh yes, I know that one.”
Then we headed to one of my
favorite Bed and Breakfast places on earth- Gately on the Nile. We had an amazing lunch looking at the
Nile/Lake Victoria. Then we headed
across the street to the Amani Baby Cottage- an orphanage for children 5 and
under. There is a woman from TX
who moved to Uganda 8 years ago to begin the orphanage. Danyne said that she is able to adopt
out most children by the age of 5- the required age they cannot keep. She said that they have a few more
children but they are special needs- autistic and other types they have had a
hard time adopting out. So if you
know anyone interested in special needs adoptions from Uganda Just let me know
and I can hook you up!
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