Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Nile



Everyone in Uganda will tell you that water means life! We got to visit the source of the Nile River!

Here we are at The Source! I think 30% of the Nile is from a spring underground. You can actually see it bubbling up. The rest comes from lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the 3rd largest lake in the world and the Nile runs from south to north into the Mediterranean sea! There is a man made island just near the place where the spring flows and the spot that the Nile is said to begin!

It takes 3 months for the water from the Source to reach the Mediterranean sea.

Fisherman working along the Nile

Lizard giant

We got to take one of these boats along the coast and look at animals and enjoy the view. What a relaxing day before we headed home to be with the kiddos again!

Me pretending to be lost in thought haha!

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