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    • Day 17

      Source of the Nile

      October 26, 2023 in Uganda ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      I woke up still unsure of what my plans would be for today. Some were doing white water rafting, but my travel insurance didn't cover me for it, despite the fact I paid out the ass for it. Either way, I was keen to see what the others were doing. After a chilled morning, Nick, Vic, and I decided we would do a kayak tour that showed the source of the Nile. They told us that it was a bottomless drinking event. Which was shocking and strange given it isn't easy to drink and kayak at the same time, but we were excited. Given it was barely 11am when we started, the guy loaded up the esky, and by the end, the 3 of us had finished a whole bottle of gin and 9 beers. So it's safe to say we were hammered. In terms of kayaking, there wasn't much, it was mostly just drinking liquor. We paddled out into Lake Victoria, where he showed us a prison and explained some of the history of Uganda, and we basically began chatting and drinking with him, while we floated downstream and crossed the end of lake Victoria and the beginning of the Nile River. This is interesting because it is the longest river in the world and flows north up to Egypt. So we basically did very little actual exercise and essentially just got caught up chatting amongst ourselves... and drinking, of course. Because we were on the water, I did not get any photos, which is a shame, but it was too difficult to do. At the end of the 3 hour tour, we were smashed and had to head back to the campsite drunk as all hell in the early afternoon. We hung around for a bit before Nick, Jack, and I decided to do a huge slide that the campsite provides. It was massive and quite scary but so much fun. I chose to go first, and was so shocked at how far you flew when you hit the water. Going feet first was fun but after that they give you the option to take a body board and go head first. It was hilarious to see how much distance you could make skimming the top of the water after the slide. It's definitely worth listening to with sound to hear everyone reaction. After this we had a few more drinks, and went to bed a bit early. We were meant to go tubing this afternoon but chose the slide instead as we were too drunk and slack to do tubing (which was also bottomless drinks).Read more

    • Day 49

      Source du Nil blanc

      January 26, 2022 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Nous sommes allés voir le Nil aujourd’hui à vélo. Nous voulions prendre LA photo de la source du Nil mais nous n’avons pas trouvé le panneau officiel… Voici donc le Nil, quelques dizaines, centaines de mètres après sa source.

      Autres moments forts de la journée, je me suis enfin coupé les cheveux et cela n’a pas été la catastrophe annoncée et nous avons trouvé des petits drapeaux ougandais.
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    • Day 184

      Boat Ride to actual Source of the Nile

      July 3, 2022 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      After following trail to the landing, we took a boat ride to the actual springs that are considered the source of the Nile.

      Follow along on the video . . . https://www.relive.cc/view/v1vj7LGAzJO

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