quick holiday update

so, the internet hasn’t exactly been awesome on this trip, hence, my poor blog updates. but since i am in arusha, and it is grey, and my bank card has given up on me again (temporarily) i have 8 minutes to write a very quick update about my east africa holiday. i have had an amazing week so far and have another one to go. i just arrived in tanzania today after visiting rwanda for three days and uganda for about 5.

so far, high(low)lights:

- a serious seven hour plane delay to kick off my trip resulting in my missing a bus to rwanda

- an incredibly disturbing and upsetting church outside of kigali, rwanda, where 10 000 people were killed during the genocide. the church was still full of the clothes of those who were killed and our guide showed us where he hid his head in the church to avoid being killed. he was nine years old at the time. the whole experience was extremely intense and should not be summarized in a bullet point.

- the hills of rwanda. incredible. so green and the soil was red. everything was terraced and breathtaking.

- getting pushed around by a serious wind in the middle of a lake in southwest uganda when i took a two person dugout canoe out by myself. i eventually made it back right before it rained.

- tracking chimps through a forest, including basically running through dense trees and stabbing my leg with a tree. but i saw about 20 chimps!

- white water rafting the source of the nile. this was totally crazy and involved grade 5 rapids. our raft flipped completely over once, throwing all 8 passengers and one guide into the river. i also managed to get thrown in two additional times. i have a bruised kneed and cut lip… but it was amazing!

- suz’s birthday bbq including dancing in the middle of the afternoon.

tomorrow i am off on a three day safari in tanzania. i am looking forward to it. hopefully i will be able to write a better update once my holiday is more relaxing! somehow i feel like i have been running around nonstop.