We (Nathan, Robbie Mc and I) arrived safely in Uganda 1 day late after missing our connecting flight in Dubai because of a delay on our flight from Melbourne to Dubai. The airline - Emirates - organised a hotel for us and we stayed there overnight and caught the next plane the next morning. We arrived at Entebbe Airport and drove for 3hrs to Jinja, where we are staying.
At first the kids were a bit shy when they first met us at the children's home, but the next day when we arrived back from an outing in the van they swamped us and were giving us hugs as soon as we got out of the van!!!
We went on a safari at Murchison Falls National Park on the weekend and saw the amazing waterfalls and plenty of animals - giraffes, elephants, hippos, antelope, warthogs, a hyena, crocodiles, but unfortunately no lions. Part of the safari was driving through the park in a van and part was a boat cruise up the Nile to the waterfalls. It was spectacular!!! We stayed at Paraa Lodge - a 5-star hotel overlooking the nile - very nice!!!
I have been laying bricks to build the walls for the new children's home which has been fun and tiring in the heat. It's been about 30°C every day except for the day when we arrived - it was about 22°C and rained that night. There are 6 guys here at the moment including myself, and we are going white water rafting on Friday. I can't wait!!!
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