Bula from Africa...
I hope you all had a restful and fun break over the holidays!
Well, I've been in Africa for a week now. I spent the first few days in Kenya - getting used to the tenting side of this trip, and the last four days I've been in uganda.
On Tuesday we went to Queen Elizabeth National Park where we spent three hours trekking chimpanzees. Unfortunately we didn't see any, but we did get to see other monkeys - Monty was very happy! We also go to drive around the park with a herd of elephants. They were huge!
My favourite day so far, was definately when we went to visit a children's orphanage. I spent time in the classroom with them and then got to teach for a little while. It's very different here. Their floor was made of dirt, there was no technology and each class had between 30 and 40 children. We are so lucky at Parnell! The children then took us outside and taught us a few songs and dances. Very fun!
Yesterday was the hardest day so far. We spent 8.5 hours trekking through the mountain jungle in Lake Bunyonyi searching for gorillas. It was extremely difficult and we were very high up! After four hours we found a family of 10 gorillas. There was one baby and one big Silverback male. It was incredible to be so close to them (we were allowed to stand 2 metres away from them). Unfortunately after an hour with them we had to leave. Because gorillas are so close to humans they can catch bugs and diseases from us so we couldn't spend very long with them.
Today is a day of rest. I need it after that long trek yesterday! We leave for a place called Ginga tomorrow. It's around 11 hours of driving but once we get there , there are plenty of new and exciting adventures to be done!
Say hello to Mrs K for me. Perhaps she can share this with the rest of the class.
I will write again when I can.
Be safe, be kind and keep smiling,
Ms Brown
