17 Feb 2007

** Valentine's Day. **

Always the hopeless romantic, I thought "what better way to enjoy the day than drowning together in the Nile River". Similar to many men out there, Valentine's Day doesn't have as much signifigance for me, but I appreciated the chance to spend a day with Marianne.

She came down from Mbale for a week which was great, we had a few days together to catch up after a few months apart. She's involved with some great stuff up there which was encouraging to hear about. After being seperated a while, there is always some things to discuss together, so we spent some time doing that also.
Getting back to the drowning, we went white water rafting on the Nile. For those who are informed in these matters, level 5 rapids were the highest we rafted on. We avoided the level 6 rapids. That was a trip with several eMi team members, so it was a good day. There is nothing quite like being pounded by turbulent white water and wondering when you will be able to take another breath of air.
The rafting was one of our two planned eMi activities, the other being a dinner at the end. "Nile River Explorers" was the company we went with if you are ever near Jinja in Uganda.
PHOTOS:
Maz and the kids where she stayed in Kampala.
The Taxi Park in Kampala (at a quiet time).





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