Today we went whitewater rafting on the Nile and let’s just start by saying it was INTENSE. Jinja is famous for the grade 5 rapids pretty much all the way down the strip of river we rafted. The 7 of us girls were in one boat and Marshall went in another boat full of guys. We are VERY proud to say that the girls boat flipped only one time! We went down 2 waterfalls, including one with about a 15 foot drop, and everytime we made it through a rapid without flipping or losing someone from our boat, we would all look back and realize what we just did and freak out. it was awesome. at times we each got pretty terrified but we rocked it. it was totally worth it in the end- such an awesome experience and definetly a bonding trip.
tonight we are all tired, sore, but more than anything SUNBURNT! we are lobsters after a day on the water even with the 45 spf sunblock we all continuously reapplied. i guess us mzungu’s cant deal with the hot equator sun!
tomorrow morning we head to the school we are working on with soft power. we’ll be working on constructing a new classroom, laying the foundation and bricks, and sleeping on the floor of an existing classroom. in the afternoons, we’ll start learning swahili- we’re all really excited. there’s no internet at the school (or showers) so we’ll be out of touch for the week.
