Matt's Malawi Misadventures

Matt Schmidt is a Peace Corp volunteer who is currently stationed in Malawi. He is teaching math and science to many Malawian children in a brick schoolhouse where the doors were removed a long time ago.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Source of the Nile River, Check

The source of the nile, check. Today I went to Jinja to view the location where the nile starts flowing from Lake Victoria.

Kampala is an amazing city. It is a cross between Los Angeles, West Virginia, and red dust of Africa. One of my favorite things is the use of scooters as transport. Taxi, moving truck, sight seeing.

I made a list of all the things transported around on scooters toinclude. Me and my massive backpack. three people, sofas, entertainment systems, hugeboxes, 5 crates of soda bottles, large pieces of sheet metal, and more. it is a strange harmony of cars, buses, and scooters going pretty much any way. There are almost no traffic lights but it works. it is a beautiful town, rolling hills, huge skyscrapers.\\

tomorrow i am off for mt elgon national park for some hiking and waterfalls, that will be until dec 24th, when i will transport to nairobi to visit a friend from my church. i will not have email access until the 25th or 26th. happy holidays to all.

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