One of the “things to do” in Uganda is to go rafting at the source of the Nile. So early one morning I went out to Jinja to raft for the day. Most of my previous rafting experience was from Port Jervis, a place where you really need to paddle to make it down the river. These class 5 rapids were definitely going to be a big change from the class 0.5 rapids I was used to. And believe you me, they were. As we went down the first rapid our raft flipped. After swallowing some Nile water and being thrashed around a bit, I emerged and made my way back to the raft. The next few rapids were exhilarating, but I became more and more terrified as we went along. We proceeded to flip two more times throughout the day. At one point, we went down a 15 foot waterfall (but didn’t flip). The trip was awesome and was finished off with beer. I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Uganda, but I might be too scared to do it again. For those who know me well, it’s not a typical thing for me to say.

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