My first day "roughing" it?!

First night out

We woke up and met the rest of the house. There's ten of us in total...7 girls and 3 blokes, but most of them are leaving in a couple of weeks just leaving me and Dylan until the next group come a week or so later.

Having met everyone we all decided to hit the nearby hotel which has a really lush pool.

Getting there was interesting...everyone pretty much rides on "boda bodas" (I have no idea if I've even spelt that correctly! Basically these are little motorbikes which are cheap and actually quite safe and most definitely the best public transport I have ever been on! Although slightly anxious when I got on given the huge pot-holes in the road and the special way most people seek to drive over here, it was so much fun. The only trick is to get off on the left side of the bike otherwise you acquire an attractive burn mark from the exhaust...something I was careful to avoid!

When we got to the hotel it was lush! All the sunbeds had cushioned covers and were huge...the waiters were always on hand...and the pool was gorgeous! Thank god that I am always so nervy about losing my bag because I had packed a bikini so didn't look completely out of place! The day consisted of plenty of sunbathing, chilling out i the pool, getting to know everyone and supping cocktails in the pool bar sat under the trees and on the stools in the pool...

Does it sound to anyone else that I'm not exactly roughing it yet?!

We stayed here pretty much all day, then headed to a nearby bar which quite a few packpackers seem to stay at. It was stunning and is above the nile which is so powerful and big! I also saw the bunji jump...which I am definitely doing!

We headed home for dinner, getting cooked for from Sunday night until Friday morning, including lunch. Dinner conistsed of spaghetti and tomato sauce, which wasn't too bad, then headed out to a bar in town called Flavours.

The drinks are so amazingly cheap...2000dsh for a shot of vodka, which works out at about $1, which is about 70p! Needless to say, a good night was had by all!

written by  Laura_Smith on June 7, 2009 from Jinja, Uganda
from the travel blog: Laura's little summer break
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