After waking up early, we started our journey to Murchison Falls. The journey took us 14 hours, through rolling countryside and bumpy red sand roads. The trip was very exhausting for all of us. Never the less we truly enjoyed our voyage through the tropical grasslands and rural villages. As time passed, volunteers decided to play different games to entertain themselves. We had a good laugh, joking and playing to pass the time.
Late in the afternoon, a bus in front of us broke down and blocked the road. The bus driver was changing a tyre in the middle of the road and because of the size of the truck and the narrow road it was impossible to pass through. From a distance, I saw a couple of girls dancing and decided to approach them and ask if they could teach me some Ugandan moves. The girls were very friendly and even though I surprised them, they kindly started to show me how I should move my head, hips and arms in a Ugandan way.
Minutes after, most of the volunteers were interacting with the children. They wanted all of us to teach them to dance too. They were refusing to dance until we performed for them. Luckily we all ended up dancing ‘Macarena’ and had a fantastic time.
We arrived late at the camp site and were very tired. We had dinner and went straight to bed. Steph, Eleanor, Greg, Alasdair and Lyndsey decided to sleep outside to look at the stars beside the fire.
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