The four weeks Uganda are coming to an end. On Thursday and Friday I did some groceryshopping for my final day at the project, Monday the 29^th. It is going to be hard to say goodbye to al the kids and to this amazing project, they really make a difference in a lot of lives!

But I also wanted to celebrate my last weekend here with Marloes and Ariane, in this short time here we became good friends. We decided to go to Jinja. Marloes wanted to go rafting and she has been trying to convince me from day one. I was a little bit scared to go rafting to be honest, but on the other hand, rafting on the Nile is one of the top 5 things to do in Uganda, so we decided to go. Our pick-up place for the shuttle bus to Jinja was the Nakumatt mall and we had to be there at 7am, which meant that we had to be on a boda at 6:30 on a Saturday morning….

When we arrived in Jinja at the Nile River Explorer we got a nice breakfast and some coffee while the crew explained the program of that day. Then we took some sort of truck to the start. There is nothing really I can say about rafting, you just have to take a look at the pictures. It was probably one of the most terrifying, horrible, fantastic, thrilling, exciting, mind-blowing things I have ever done. Halfway our 35km raft we had our lunch on the water, one of the kayaks was put upside down on the safety boat (the boat for the people who were afraid or injured) and was used as a table to chop the pineapples, just amazing. While enjoying our lunch we could also take a swim in the Nile and enjoy the beautiful surroundings but we also realized that we were not the only ones swimming there, crocodiles do live there too. Luckily we did not see one, we only saw a gigantic lizard on a rock. About 5 hours later we arrived at the end, where a buffet was waiting for us and men we were hungry. We enjoyed the good food and a nice drink and then it was time to go already. We went to the Explorers River Camp where we were spending our night. On the way there we already had a big party in our truck with a lot of beer and very loud Americans. The party went on at the campsite with music and more liquor. We were having the time of our lives; this was the first time here in Uganda we could party. Up till now it was all very goody-goody. It is not advised to be out after dark and it gets dark here at 7 already. We only went out for dinner once a week with all the volunteers and the coordinator but the rest of the week we are all in bed before 11pm. So we were definitely ready for some fun and dancing. It was a great night; we had a lot of fun observing other people. The best part was noticing all the new couples that were made that evening…. A lot of mzungu women who completely fell for the African men. We almost felt ashamed to see how easy and desperate some white women were, but it was fun to watch. But the evening came to an end, the music stopped, the bar was closed so there was nothing else to do then go to bed.

The next morning I was the first one to be awake and I decided not to waste any time, now I am almost leaving and I ordered a nice breakfast and enjoyed the view over the Nile. While sitting there the geckos were walking around me it was amazing. After a long and good breakfast and reading a book at this beautiful place, we had a few hours to spend there before the shuttle bus would take us back to Kampala. We decided to relax and we lay in a hammock for a while, reading a book and enjoying the view. I also went for a walk to take in the beautiful surroundings while the other two were asleep in a hammock and on a couch (a little hung-over