Day 6: Kayaking

The only day of the whole trip that I was able to sleep in a little! It was a relatively go slow and relaxed day; late breakfast, got some reading done, and recovered from my pounding headache. We decided to head into town for a late lunch and see what Jinja was like. As we were about to leave, we found our car battery had died; so we jump started it and had to go find a garage that sold them. In and out of the streets, down some one ways the wrong way, and through some crazy matatu (mini bus taxi) drivers we eventually found a place that sold some. It wasn’t exactly what we wanted, but we didn’t have much of a choice. This whole saga unfortunately took over an hour.

We were trying to find a restaurant that overlooked the lake; somewhere peaceful and pretty, somewhere where we could order something other than burgers or wraps. I had heard of this place called Gately from a friend, so I looked for it in ‘The Eye’ magazine. The guest cottages looked out onto the lake, so I assumed that the restaurant would too. It didn’t. That didn’t matter though; we ordered stir fry and it was delicious.

We were now worried about timing, it was close to 5 and we wanted to take the kayaks out on the Nile and do some fishing. We got back in time, but decided not to worry about the fishing. My brother and I shared one and my parents the others. As we headed down to the water, we saw a group of kids having lessons. It was really sweet to watch, and the instructors were worth watching for a few minutes! Trying not to make a fool of myself (or let my brother aid in it), we paddled away from the group as quickly as possible. It was so peaceful out there. We paddled close to the shore line to see the birds and we had a bit of fun with the go pro. It was a lovely hour out on the water.

A very quiet evening it was. Although the next game was on, it was cold and I was tired. It was a long drive in the morning to get back to Nairobi, and seeing as I was driving, I thought I had better get some sleep!