Day 5
Slept for about 13 hours, with minimal interruptions. My body is sore and bruised from yesterday's rafting, with a couple minor cuts (one girl in our raft got a little banged up - hit the rocks while flailing underwater and got3 nice cuts on her leg). Maybe i'll look into walking around downtown this afternoon.
I've heard there will be a number (4? 5? 6?) of us heading west to see the Gorillas tomorrow. Should cut down on one or two of the costs a little. Did i mention they're picky about their bills here? Many places don't accept US $100 bills from before 2000, which about half my bills are (guess they're progressive here).
There was a good variety of people rafting yesterday, including people from CIDA, a variety of Americans (half volunteers in and around Uganda, half on vacation), Australians, South Africans, and a variety of others i don't remember. lots of discussions and arguments about politics and volunteering and social conditions in general. People care, or want to sound like they care, it's great. The raft i was on was comprised solely of Americans, perhaps some conspiracy, perhaps because the rafts were organized by "wild" and "mild" levels, and we all wanted as wild as possible. Our guide - Graham, an Irish fellow - seemed to be the functional manager of the place. Was a great guide, he instilled both confidence and adventure into the experience and it would not have been the same without him.
Enough talk of yesterday, time to get my feet wet today (it's been raining all day).
I've heard there will be a number (4? 5? 6?) of us heading west to see the Gorillas tomorrow. Should cut down on one or two of the costs a little. Did i mention they're picky about their bills here? Many places don't accept US $100 bills from before 2000, which about half my bills are (guess they're progressive here).
There was a good variety of people rafting yesterday, including people from CIDA, a variety of Americans (half volunteers in and around Uganda, half on vacation), Australians, South Africans, and a variety of others i don't remember. lots of discussions and arguments about politics and volunteering and social conditions in general. People care, or want to sound like they care, it's great. The raft i was on was comprised solely of Americans, perhaps some conspiracy, perhaps because the rafts were organized by "wild" and "mild" levels, and we all wanted as wild as possible. Our guide - Graham, an Irish fellow - seemed to be the functional manager of the place. Was a great guide, he instilled both confidence and adventure into the experience and it would not have been the same without him.
Enough talk of yesterday, time to get my feet wet today (it's been raining all day).
posted by francisco at 6/10/2007 08:22:00 AM
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