A Little Travel Time in Uganda & Kenya!

A little break from blogging and house renovations as well! Although things are still moving along pretty swiftly, and I can't wait show you all of the latest! But first, let me show you around our latest travels in East Africa.

First up- Uganda! Patrick had a big Meetup for work in Jinja, and I was NOT about to let him white water raft down the Nile without me! So while he was busy at work all day, Loes and I explored Kampala and Jinja while getting into some mischief. A little work too. ;) (Just a little) We were wandering around the market in Kampala and found this great lighting store! Some really cool fixtures for not too expensive! A lot of it was imported from China. This man was THE best and friendliest and made me love Uganda. 

 Look at this place!!

There's Loes helping me pick out my bathroom lights!

Then we explored the Mosque where we had to cover up our hair and wrap skirts around our pants. 

Some incredible architecture. 

We found a pretty great bar on our last night in Kampala too, of course! :)

Then on to Jinja! This is Loes hanging out with a monkey. 

We found Patrick! This was a sunset cruise down the Nile. 

The Nile :)

White water rafting!

The full moon over the Nile! 

And of course a lazy river float down the Nile. 

Basically anything you could do on the Nile, we did it. Uganda was an awesome place to be. People spoke English, everyone seemed to be having a good time, there were tons of places to go and things to see. I did miss Rwanda at the end however!! It's pretty hectic in Kampala and we were on the craziest moto ride ever in the worst traffic you could imagine. But it was maybe even more exhilarating than the Nile ;)

Then we came back home for about a week or two before our next big trip to Kenya! Meesh and Justin, my Peace Corps friends from Tanzania now live in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. So we had a regional friends meet up! :) Patrick was able to work from his office in Nairobi while we were there, and then we took a vacation on the weekend to Lamu, an island off the Kenyan coast. A beautiful place to be! 

Nairobi had plenty of stuff to do while everyone else was off working! I went to the Karen Blixen Museum. She was the author of Out of Africa. 

I fed and pet giraffes. (My FAVORITE part of Nairobi for sure.)

And kissed them! 

I visited a baby elephant orphanage!

And then went on a tour of Justin's Sandstorm factory!

Then we hopped a plane and were off to Lamu. One of our first activities? A donkey ride into town to buy wine of course! There are no cars on Lamu island so everyone gets around via donkey. Patrick was bigger than his donkey.

Lots of boating!

Some insane hotels. Meesh got us champagne to celebrate our engagement! (We are NOT in Peace Corps anymore!)

Beautiful sunsets every night...

Our sick house with Fred, the best personal chef ever.

We watched turtles hatching and going to the ocean.

 And lots of time on our roof. 

Take me back to Lamu please!!!!! What a great vacation and catch up with friends. Nairobi has so many malls and restaurants and Uber! And Lamu has the Indian ocean and donkeys and a floating bar! And Fred! But still, it does always feel good to get back to our little house in Rubengera town. Next blog I'll get back on track to show you more house updates! The bathroom is almost finished!!! :)

Love,

Teri