We are in week 3 of our journey that God has placed in our lives and we are SO in love with this place and it's people!
We loaded up early Sunday morning for our trip to the deep parts of Africa!
It was a five hr drive and it was BEAUTIFUL the whole way! NEW faces...sights..sounds..smells..ALL of it! Everywhere we went people were either working or walking-that is life in Uganda! The air was SO fresh out there and the grass was SO green! We have all agreed that the sky is MUCH prettier in Africa!
We got to see some wildlife on the way there..warthogs..baboons...antelope...different things like that. Lizards basically took over our lodging area where we stayed! And they are NOT like our lizards!! We stayed in the small huts called bandas and they were so cool! Wild game roamed around outside our bandas so we had to keep our eyes open and be cautious when walking around! We had great meals at the lodge and enjoyed sitting on the porch...listening to the birds..rain...and watching the animals in the field below us eating and enjoying the sunshine! There were mainly warthogs around our lodge. A family of them with 4 babies roamed around often and ate the grass and bugs. It was SO relaxing and peaceful there...and SO beautiful!
Later that evening...we went on a hike around the top of a waterfall. It was called Merchison Falls and it was BREATH taking! It is a huge waterfall that is part of the Nile River. We saw a ton of wild animals on the way there as well. Once we got to the falls...a guide took us on a hike around the falls in which we got to view it from many different angles. At the end..we got to stand RIGHT beside the falls....SO big and powerful! It just made me realize even more just how amazing our God truly is!He is SO much stronger than that waterfall...and let me tell you...that waterfall was STRONG! At one part of the falls...it is actually the most narrow pt on the Nile river...and Winston Churchill tried to build a bridge across it...the bridge only lasted 2 yrs....
The next day we got up VERY early and went on the safari! That safari was some kind of something!!We saw SO many different animals-giraffes...elephants...water buffalo...antelope...lion...birds..warthogs..and even hippos! Riding out of the top of the van was SO fun!! It was amazing to see those beautiful animals out in the wild and not in a cage!! The color of the animals are so much brighter and so much more beautiful out in the wild...the zoo really doesnt do these animals any justice!
After the safari we ate lunch and then went on a boat ride down the Nile!!! It was amazing!! We went to the bottom of the falls and it was SO beautiful!!! Such an AMAZING sight to see!! We saw SO many animals along the way too! We saw HUNDREDS of hippos!! EVERYWHERE! I can honestly say i LOVE hippos!!haha crazy looking animals who could eat me whole...but SO cool!We saw SEVERAL families of elephants...even some with babies!! Tiny elephants are SO cute!! They were all just standing around eating...drinking and bathing while we floated past them! We saw several LARGE crocs sun bathing and floating around and a few eagles and water bucks...all BEAUTIFUL creatures! The day was PERFECT...and the weather just made it all the better!! We went back and ordered dinner and then went right to sleep! It was a tiring day!
The next morning we got up and went chimp tracking!! We actually hiked through the African jungle and looked for CHIMPS! AND!! Best of ALL...we found a female chimp with a baby! We got to sit and watch her for some time! It was GREAT! I loved hearing all the sounds and seeing all the amazing new sites! After hiking for 3 hrs...we headed back to good ol' Kampala! I sure did miss this place and familiar faces! I was greeted first thing this morning by Jone...and boy did that make my day!
I cannot wait for the other boys to get here and for all of my other readers to get here as well!
It's a beautiful day in Kampala!
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL day!
Give thanks to the Lord..FOR HE IS GOOD!
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