We are still in Tanzania and are heading to Uganda tomorrow. I can't wait to get to Uganda, I have heard nothing but good things about this place. As for what I have done since I last wrote, it has only been one adventure after another. However, I think last night has topped off everything....
Kar and I decided it would be a great idea to splurge and pay to hike a volcano that is about an 8 hour drive away from where we are currently staying. The hike sounded amazing, simply because it involved a Masai guide, it began at midnight, and you arrived at the top just in time to watch the sun rise over the plains of Africa. So we hired a driver and made the 8 hour journey. When we arrived we had a couple of hours to sleep before we would have to begin our hike. The driver and guide and one of their buddies woke us up at 11 to make the one hour drive to the base of the volcano. However, when we started driving the weather suddenly began to drastically change- we were driving on dirt roads in a thunder shower, and im talking about the biggest thunder shower you could imagine. Basically, to get to the point, we got stuck in a flood. In all directions water was rushing and rivers were over flowing, and the driver kept on saying, 'jesus christ. jesus christ'. And to top off everything, because it was raining so hard water was pouring through the top of the car and it blew a fuse and so we had no lights.
In the end, we found a higher spot to park the car (haha, it was quite eventful watching the guys hang out the window with a tiny flashlight to see where we were going and to make sure we didn't plunge into depth of the water), and ended up spending the night stuck in the car, not knowing if we were going to make it out today. The driver scared me, when he told me that we may be in for a true African experience: stranded in the middle of nowhere, with no food or water. All I thought about when I fell in and out of sleep was how I was going to ration my last samosa and bottle of water.
Thankfully, in the morning the sun came out and the water went away as fast as it came. But unfortunately, we drove 8 hours only to get caught in a massive storm.
I don't know when the next time i'll be on an internet. Tomorrow we are heading to find an 'island' on lake victoria, off of Uganda, which we have heard through word of mouth by other backpackers. Apparently you pay a fisherman to take you across, which takes about 7 hours, and then when you reach this island you are greeted by a crazy British man who makes his own rum and always has a glass in his hand. We have heard about this place through a few foreigners and they all talked very highly of the place and the experience.
Hope all is well with everyone, and thanks for all the e-mails, if the internet wasn't so slow here I would reply but it takes forever to send one off.
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