We left Entebbe and then headed to Humura Resort, where we stayed our first night. The room was comfortable, with the requisite mosquito net covering the bed. We took much-needed showers and then went to the bar to have the first of many Ugandan beers and to meet with Peter. We then went to the Serena Hotel for burgers. It felt a little surreal being there, like--are we really here? And we were all so tired. I don't even remember what we talked about. The wedding, maybe, and the safari. But it was good to be there. And we all slept well.
We left for the safari around 9am on Wednesday morning. We were all so relieved to be able to sleep past 6am. Michael picked us up and we made the 5+ hour journey to the Paraa Safari Lodge. So much to see. We stopped a few times, including once to buy some bananas from some aggressive sales ladies, and another time at a beautiful fruit stand. We had lunch in Masindi at the New Court View Hotel. I had tilapia, the first of many seafood meals.
The scenery was amazing, both looking at the shacks and the soccer fields and the school children. We finally made it up to Murchison Falls. Wow, what a view. The only damper (no pun intended) was that we got drenched after only a few minutes of exploring the top of the Falls and looking down upon the beautiful Nile River. Crazy to think we saw that, we were present there.
Afterwards, we headed up to the ferry crossing, though we missed the 5pm departure by only a few moments. We hung out along the south bank and watched the birds, the warthogs, and the baboons, who were quite playful. Loved the mama with baby riding on her back, and the "siblings" who chased each other on the roof of the park ranger site until they were shooed off. Apparently they were sneaking in food!
Once we crossed, we changed and then went to dinner. We had an abundance of Indian food on the trip. We also opened up a bottle of port, hung out for a while chatting, and then got to bed early for our 6:30 a.m. game drive. More on that to come...
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