Wednesday, March 31, 2010

adventure in sunscreen

I woke up yesterday slightly discouraged. I wanted to go out but the guys didn’t want to. Then they left later on without me. I played games on my computer for a while. Finally I decided follow the proddings and go out walking. So I slathered sunscreen on myself (last time I did this I failed in amount and coverage cuz I got varying degrees of sunburn on myself). I took a boda boda to one of the malls and started walking from there.

I love adventure. I love solitude. I love finding new plants and birds. I love views of cities or hills. I love exploring armed with only a map. I love coffee. I love learning new cultures. I love walking in warm rain. I love meeting new flowers. I love sunshine and cool wind. I love sitting in grassy parks. I love car rides and daring driving. I love seeing jungles. I love playing with kids. I have always wanted to see the nile. God gave me all this in 24 hours. My heart is now full and im exhausted from the intake of new experiences. No wonder kids randomly fall asleep; its tiring learning everything new.

I explored a beautiful part of kampala called kololo. I met a Belgian girl about my age in the coffee shop and we talked till our ways parted. Then I walked home in the rain storm and got totally soaked. All the guys thought I was crazy. Then Solomon offered to take my to jinja for the night and meet his kids. He lives 100 yards from the nile close to where it begins by lake Victoria. It’s a good 100 yards across there.

Now I am back in kampala and going to soroti tonight with Solomon again. Being spontaneous and showing interest in things just mentioned is really paying off. Thankyou my friends for teaching me the benefits of spontaneity, especially kolby.

1 comment:

  1. sounds like you are having the time of your life. I hope that continues through the journeys that lie ahead. The places you have been are places most people don't get to see in a lifetime. Enjoy my friend!!!!

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