Hey look! Whites!

December 28, 2006
Jon says that I don’t make my stories dramatic enough. He asked if I told about nearly getting carried away by man-eating mosquitoes. Well, sort of. I need to learn the art of exaggeration.

Today Jon, Josh, Audra and I tried once more to find the marsh on Lake Victoria that we couldn’t find two days ago. We had better directions this time, but it was still a bit vague. It involved driving for an hour on a bone jarring, whip-lash dirt road for about an hour. I seriously had a sore neck and back by the time we got there and back home. The area is called Mabamba and it claims to be a bird sanctuary with some rare birds. It’s anything but a tourist area. We were actually surprised to see other whites as we came near the place. Josh shouted out “Hey look! Whites!” just like the Africans are always saying “Hey, Mazungu!” There were only 3 other groups. We rented two canoes and were paddled out into the marsh from about 7:00 A.M. to noon for about $25 per boat. We floated through narrow channels looking for birds. Saw quite a few and it was just a lovely relaxed day in an area that most tourists and even locals know nothing about.

I leave here in 3 days to fly to Kenya. It’s gone by way too fast.