Tuesday 17 August 2010

And then there were 3

So Team B have left. Sob Sob. Actually, it is genuinely sad, I will miss the constant "niiiiiick, stupid question but..." it has filled my life with so much joy for the last 12 months.
Looking on facebook the phrase that comes to the fore is "best month of my life" - and I concur completely. That was always the dream and the fact we made it come true is testament to each and every member of the team. I will truly miss them.

I know for some it was more than enough of Africa, for others, they cannot get enough of Africa now and for others still it was simply a pleasant way to spend a month...whatever it was I know that we are all better off for the experience and many of the moments we have had in the last 4 weeks will remain with until the sad day when we depart this world!

So, what has happened to Lisa Connolley, Natasha Edwards and Yours Truly. Well....13 hour bus ride was horrendous. Lisa was ill (a local food made with 2 day old milk, plantain and maize put pay to her stomach), but she fought hard through the journey and managed to survive unscathed. The roads were bumpy and dusty...the bus was often filled with too much dust to breath properly. My camera and Washbag were pilfered, annoying, but such is life. I have popped to the police, called the insurance and will work out a new camera in Kampala. Got to keep upbeat, outside of my unfortunate Imodium incident (taking imodium for a week instead of my malaria tablets) its the first mishap on the trip for me, so chin up!

13 hours is a pretty long time and our buttocks were well and truly pummelled. We got to Mwanza only to find we had misread the ferry and bus times...so we are still in Mwanza.

We went and watched the sun set over Lake Victoria - a truly wonderful sight, the colour of the sun was unlike anything we have seen before and we felt blessed to be there. We catch a ferry at 9pm tonight across Victoria to Bukoba where we will pop on a bus to Kampala. It has been a slow start, but we have had warm showers so why complain?!

That's all for now, will update when we get to Kampala. Hope you are all well.

Best Wishes

Nick

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