Africa so far...

Rwanda

Rwanda surprised me. The country is beautiful - lush and green. The people are amazingly friendly. It gave me a lot to think about. Their history is hard to hear about and it was horrific to think that people my age had been involved in the genocide. You can't go anywhere without seeing memorials or signs about it.

But Rwanda wasn't all about the genocide. I also got to see the famous mountain gorilla of Rwanda. We trekked into the mountains and got to sit with them for over an hour. It was worth every penny.

We also went to a local orphanage and played with the kids there for the morning. So much fun.


Uganda

We didn't see a lot of Uganda. We mainly visited Jinja, the source of the Nile. Most people go there to white water raft. As most of you know, I hate boats so me on a boat, shooting down grade 5 rapids is not for me. Instead, I relaxed, helped paint a local school, relaxed, ate amazing chapattis, relaxed....

Kenya

Now I'm back in Kenya. Tomorrow we are spending the day in Nakuru National Park, where hopefully we'll get to see some rhinos, big cats and flamingos! I'm really excited. We visited Crater Lake earlier in the trip and walked around with zebras, giraffe and antelopes! It was fantastic!

Ok, my internet time is almost done....For now, everything here is great. The people on the truck are friendly and fun. Even the camping has been good so far (even though it's rained EVERYDAY so far!).

I'll post more later,

Love,
Laura

AFRICA!

Hi Everyone,

I've been in Africa for 2.5 weeks now and it's fabulous! I'm travelling around on a big yellow Oasis truck with 14 others (we pick up 9 newbies in 2 days). The internet in Africa tends to be on the slow side so uploading pictures is next to impossible. I've decided to just write updates and then add photos either when I find some fast internet or when I get home. Sorry!

So let's try this again...

love,
Laura