So, this past week, we went to Queen Elizabeth National Park. What an experience that was!! I had so much fun!
On Monday, we did a LOT of driving to get to Fort Portal. We stopped at Kyaninga lodge on the way for lunch and a break. Holy Cow. What a lodge; it over looked a volcanic lake and the entire scenery was green. We ate a fantastic lunch, squash soup, yummy bread, and pork chops and potatoes. Yum... I have decided, that that was my ideal honeymoon location. It was beautiful!! We got to swim in the lake (no bilharzia!) which was awesome! The water was crystal clear and the perfect temperature.
On Tuesday, we stopped at a botanical garden also in Fort Portal. That was pretty cool, it mostly involved us walking through jungle....
We spent the rest of the day driving more down to Queen Elizabeth. When we finally arrived at our lodge, we went swimming and ate dinner.
Wednesday was the fun day. We got up super early so we could drive into the park as soon as it opened (that's when the animals are out). So, we did a game drive in the morning. We didn't see a lot of animals on the drive, mostly just Ugandan Kob. We did see 2 Ugandan cranes and 1 hyena. That was sweet. My dad was nice enough to let me drive for a while... which is totally different from driving back home. First, your steering wheel is on the opposite side, plus, there are no rules (and it's dirt). Haha
Then, after the game drive, we went to the boat ride. Now, that was sweet. We saw so many animals!! It was awesome!! Elephants, hippos, water buffalo, crocodiles, and lots of birds! We even got to see a new born hippo! So cute. But, I think I would prefer to see them behind a fence, or at least at some distance. There is just something about having a wild animal less than 10 feet away from you. After the boat ride, we went to the lodge in the park to go to the bathroom. While we were there, I remembered that it was Dad's birthday (we ALMOST forgot!)! So, we ran around in the lodge trying to find a piece of cake. Finally, we found one, so we got some people who we had met on Monday and we sang happy birthday to him. I think he really enjoyed it. I mean, how cool would it be to spend your birthday in Uganda, on a game park, seeing lost of cool animals. :)
Then, we went to get a tour of the salt lakes. On the way, we stop and see a lake covered with flamingos! It was sweet! Our tour guide took us closer to take pictures. That was sweet; it's not every day that you get to see wild flamingos in a lake. Then we went to the salt lake. Wow, I'm not sure if I want to eat salt here any more. I guess that because we are in Africa, the sanitation level is lower than back home. It was really interesting though.
Thursday, we spent the entire day driving home. Boring. Once we got into Kampala, we stopped to see the Nielson's. It was really fun to see them! We stayed there longer than we wanted to, so we got stuck in traffic coming home. After such a fun trip, it was good to be home. It's weird to think that we will be leaving this in about a week. This has become home.
Friday, we did splits with the missionaries. Because it was Sister Masaku's last Friday, we decided to get a ton of contacts. It started with 30 contacts for each companion. Then, we changed it to 50! Sister Devanish and I got 50, but Liza and Sister Masaku got 130!! I'm pretty sure we set a mission record. 180 contacts in total. It was so funny to watch them, they would literally stop every person they would see and invite them to church. It was awesome.
I'm not sure if I want this to end! It has been so much fun! I can't believe that we are going back to Utah. It feels like we are suppose to just stay here. It has been such a great opportunity, I know I have said that a lot, but it is so true. There is no way, if I had to go back in time I would want to miss this! :)
That sounds like you had a blast!
ReplyDeleteWhen are you coming back? :) I miss you!