Battling the Nile

Africa has been such constant wild adventures.

I battled the Nile this weekend in Uganda - it's is the most thrilling and life threatening experience in life i've ever experienced. We rafted down 30km of Nile in seven hours through four major water falls and 20 rapids. The boat flipped over at least three times and I was under water thought i was dying for a few times but totally worth it.

Everybody has to be able to swim to survive - sometimes your boat is flipped over and caught in the middle between one rapid that charges down headways and another from behind and you are caught underneath the furious water/boat for minutes at a time with no relief. Other times you fall over and flow down the water fall with no control and if you are not careful crashing onto a rock or two. Everybody got half a dozen scars at the end to prove the absolute fury of this powerful monster. Once our boat was caught under a tree and we were all hanging there for our lives screaming...

Anyway It's grade 5 rafting and absolutely a must for all of you to do if you are ever in this area. It's only $125 for a whole day of rafting plus all meals and accomodation for one night.