Day 14
Today started really early!! We got up at 5.30 to make the hike up ‘Monkey Mountain’ to watch the sun come up. It’s about a 40 minute walk along a bumpy road in the dark!
But whilst we were confronted by clouds, it was still an amazing sight watching the light come up behind the clouds and looking down towards Village of Hope.
After sitting and admiring for a time, we decided to trek back down to a yummy breakfast of ‘Rolex’ – yum.. We have been so spoiled with the food at Suubi!
Philippa led us in a devotion to round off our breakfast time.
Then it was time to head up to the village to introduce the kids to LEGO!! We had 2 huge suitcases full of Lego for the kids to play with, along with 4 specially made ‘mats’ to play on that double up as bags when you pull the draw strings – ingenious.
What a hit!!! The kids loved it and got right into it with the help and instruction of the team… Our 2 lovely social workers and Samuel the Village coordinator helped along to be able to supervise future Lego times..
There were so many ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from the kids and creativity only took about 3 minutes to emerge with some of the creations. They didn’t want to finish and can’t wait to play with it again!! Thanks to some very generous donors and supporters in Australia!!
After play, it was back to Suubi for some lunch and a rest. Lunch was a lovely mix of mince and vegetables that Juliet made that was very nice… This was followed by a quiet hour and half as we rested, getting ready to head into town to do a boat trip to the Source of the Nile.
We all piled onto a boat and headed out with William for an hours boat trip on Lake Victoria. Educational and scenic were the words to describe the trip. We saw amazing birds and also were told how the Nile begins its 3-month journey here on its way to Egypt. Pretty cool!!!
To top off our day we headed out to a place further up the Nile called ‘The Black Lantern’, a place to sit and enjoy a few drinks and eventually a meal, except for Josh it was more than ‘a’ meal.. He had a full rack of spare ribs that came on an oversized plate, and still hung over the edges! He tried valiantly to eat everything on the plate and almost did – pretty well done. We all had lovely meals and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and location, accompanied by a few monkeys in the trees!!
Tomorrow is our last day here, and we are definitely ‘not’ looking forward to that!! L
We will have a farewell at the Village which will be fun although a little sad…
But for today…. What a day!!
Pics below..
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