Day 17
Today was our tourist day.
We went to
Jinja, which is a couple hour drive east of Kampala. In
Jinja, we took a boat ride to an island at the source of the Nile. Forty-percent of the Nile comes from an underground spring, the rest from the Lake Victoria. We got out on the island near the spring and could see the water bubbling up and join with the water from Lake Victoria. It takes three
months for the water to get to the mouth of the Nile in Egypt. We also got to see a variety of African bird life, a monitor lizard, and a few monkeys. Next, we went to
Bujagali Falls and took pictures next to the roaring rapids.
We returned to Kampala in time t
o make the
opening night of the play, Dick
Whittington, by the Kampala Amateur Dramatics Society at the National Theatre. Karen Berg joined
KADS upon arriving in Uganda and was playing a
scrat rat in this production. It was promoted as a "magical musical family pantomime". Although none of us really understood the pantomime, it was an enjoyable evening.
Today was our tourist day. 
We went to Jinja, which is a couple hour drive east of Kampala. In Jinja, we took a boat ride to an island at the source of the Nile. Forty-percent of the Nile comes from an underground spring, the rest from the Lake Victoria. We got out on the island near the spring and could see the water bubbling up and join with the water from Lake Victoria. It takes three months for the water to get to the mouth of the Nile in Egypt. We also got to see a variety of African bird life, a monitor lizard, and a few monkeys. Next, we went to Bujagali Falls and took pictures next to the roaring rapids.
We returned to Kampala in time to make the opening night of the play, Dick Whittington, by the Kampala Amateur Dramatics Society at the National Theatre. Karen Berg joined KADS upon arriving in Uganda and was playing a scrat rat in this production. It was promoted as a "magical musical family pantomime". Although none of us really understood the pantomime, it was an enjoyable evening.
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