River Rafting

Hey all! I've now been in Africa for a grand total of five days, and I'm still not sick of it. I do miss a few things from home, like showers, ice cream and fast internet, but I still think I'll stay here a while, maybe the whole summer. Not to much has happened since my last post as far as our work over here goes. They wanted to give us time to adjust, and I don't know if I'm wierd or if I just am so unadjusted that I don't realize it, but I was pretty much ready to start the day after we got here. I'm extremely excited for teaching. Tomorrow we'll be going around to all the different schools and introducing ourselves, and hopefully we'll start our classes in another week or so. It'll be awesome.

Although we haven't done to much in the area of working yet, last Saturday we white water rafted the Nile. It was so freakin cool!!!! One of the most intense experiences of my life. Class 4 to 5 rapids, and one that we hit was one the bottom end of a six. We flipped on that one, but still it was awesome. We were on the river for about five hours, ate a lunch of pineapple on the river and, when we weren't ripping through the rapids, were highly entertained by our African river guide, a guy named Charlie Cool. And he was a cool guy. The only downside to the whole adventure was that I didn't see a crocodile. Not even a glimpse. But I've still got three months here, so I have hope. Later.

Africa day 1

Hey all! I've been in Africa now for about one full day. It's pretty intense. We flew in yesterday about 10:40 pm after about a 25 hour flight. We're staying in a city called Mukono, which is about half an hour or so from the capital of Uganda, Kampala. Pretty big, lots of people and lots of traffic. It's hot and humid, but I think I might be able to get used to it; I slept like a baby last night, though that could've been from the traveling. We'll find out for sure tonight. We're staying with a lady named Margret, who used to work pretty high up in the government here, but she's now retired. But that doesn't mean she does nothing; this lady's intense. She's always around, making sure that everything's good for us; as she puts it, she's our host, and if we pass out from lack of food, it's her fault. I think food, though, will be the last of my problems; I just bought five pinapples from a local market for 1000 shillings a pop, which is roughly 60 cents in America. Anyways, it's about time for us to head back; it's starting to get dark and we try not to be out then. So take care all and I'll keep you posted!