Safari-Elephants

On our safari trip, I (small world) met up with a friend of a friend I work with. He had a private vehicle rented, so I tagged along with him for the safari excursion. We sat on the top of his range rover and had such a great view. Check out how close we got to these elephants (the safari vans with the guide didn't see elephants at all, so I really lucked out on this). We did a little off-road driving to find them, but it was well worth it.

Safari-Giraffe

The giraffe were my favorite on the safari--so beautiful and so graceful. And we saw many of them.

Warthog in Camp

At our safari camp, we had several warthogs--you have to be pretty careful about keeping for out, or they will fight you for it. Otherwise, they're pretty harmless and darn cute to watch.

Picture Perfect

I can't upload many pictures....it takes forever, but I had to do this one, it's one of my favorites...after a day out chasing animals, watching the sun set over the Nile, with a beer,....I needed a picture to prove I wasn't dreaming,...

Giraffe

Finally, I found a computer that will allow me to upload photos...here are a couple from our safari....

Update

Hello Friends,

I am having technical difficulties in uploading photos, but I thought I would update you anyway, that I had another good week in the village. We had a party day on Wednesday for the P7 class that had finished their final examinations. So, the kids sang, danced, then we played some football. It was a really fun day! I did have my first HUGE spider experience right before I went to bed on Wednesday, so that made for trouble sleeping the past couple nights. Luckily, Liz and Peter came to my aid and killed the thing...did I mention that it was freaking HUGE?! I also had pork served to me (that's a luxury, so it's hard to turn it down when they serve it to you). However, it is served with skin, hair and all. I ate one bite before I saw the hair. The rest had to be slyly dropped under the table to the cat. Last night I came into town to hang out with Lee Anne, and her mom, Linda, who is also in town from Montana. Although, my time here has gone quite fast, I'm getting very excited to come home and back to a routined life! Sooooo excited to see all of you!

Safari

Hello Friends,
I just returned from a weekend safari. It was really cool. We saw baboons, elephants (really close up), giraffe, hippos, crocs,....The safari itself was great, but the adventure is actually travelling to and from on the Ugandan roads....ugh,...Ants, Flies, and Speed Bumps. The 6 hour drive on Thursday (it's probably only 200 miles, but takes 6 hours on the roads), started out with a bathroom break alongside the road where I must've dropped my pants in an ant pile (biting ants) because when I got back in the van, I was covered in biting ants!!! eugh! I swatted as many as I could, then made sure I was clear at the next bathroom (that term is used loosely) stop, and was back on our way again. Next were the speed bumps, every 30 yards for about 15 miles,....bump, bump, bump,...It was a long 15 miles. Then, the vampire flies. I was told that they bite, so the first one I saw I swatted with my book. Apparently, it had already bitten because a very large amount of blood splattered on the window and book. The rest of the trip was filled with screaming girls and vampire flies. Once we reached camp, it was fantastic! Overlooking the Nile, a great sunset, and warthogs. I also had a big hippo right outside my tent. Now, back to the village for peace and quite...yeah!