On the Road again...

Things have been going absolutely fantastic!! We have been very busy and seen a lot of different things!! I hope everything is well at home, keep me updated as to what is going on!

Since getting back from the island, we headed to the Primate Lodge in Kibale National Park which is know as the "Home of the chimps", this place is literally in the middle of the rainforest. Everything was powered by solar which really taught me the pros and cons of solar (it is not that much fun when you run out of water halfway through a shower). We got to hike in the rainforest and see the chimps in their natural habitat...it was very cool. We also went on a swamp walk and saw a lot of other types of monkey's (black and white colobus, red colobus, grey cheeked etc) and a million species of birds! There were also something like 100 species of butterflies but I don't think I got any good pictures because they move too much (sorry!). Our guide, Ivan, was very knowledgeable. He splits his time between teaching in the swamp and teaching environmental education in the local school. It was great to get another perspective on being a teacher in Uganda.

Today we traveled to Mweya lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, it was a long hot drive...but we made it. Our driver, George was great. He stopped to show us points of interest and was really nice about the fact that it took us much longer to get there then we originally thought. We went for a boat cruise this evening and I got to see buffalo, hippos, elephants, lots of birds, and crocodiles. It was absolutely amazing!! This morning we went on a game drive and got a chance to see some more of the wildlife. We saw lots of elephants (including some babies), warthogs and kobs. The scenery was beautiful. I think I have seen the sunrise more in the last week then I have in the last year!!

This afternoon, Aiden is coming to pick us up and we are heading to our next location (Ruhija) to do gorilla trekking and our workshop!! I can't wait to meet the teachers that are coming for the workshop.

As I mentioned before, I'm not sure about the internet access when we get to Ruhija so it may be the end of the week before you hear from me.