Last weekend Annie and I met up with some medical student friends from Kampala at a place called Sipi Falls. It is about a 2 hour's journey from Kumi and about 4 hours from Kampala. It was so beautiful. A friend of the medical student from the UK said it was the most beautiful place in the world. I think this might be stretching the truth a little bit. The world has a lot of beautiful places. However, I will say that if you are going to spend some time in Uganda or Kenya you should definitely visit Sipi Falls. We stayed in a place called "Lacam," but I am sure that there are many nice places to stay. Some of the highlights or our holiday: Abseiling down a 100 meter cliff next a breathtakingly beautiful waterfall, a day long hike around the area to explore all three of the primary Sipi waterfalls, and a half day hike (the next day) to a viewpoint. Some other good points were awesome food and hot showers! Yes, it was pretty sweet.
Here we are before the abseiling (aka repelling). I was pretty scared.
Here I am going down the cliff next to the water fall. It was a lot of fun after I got used to being scared out of my mind... :) Yes, I am wearing shorts - I figured trying to wear a skirt with the harness wasn't the best idea. It ended up being a lot of fun. Highly recommended for those visiting Sipi Falls.
The view from our dorms. It was much better in real life.
A shot of one of the waterfalls. It was amazing.
Another aspect of the view. In the distance you can see the waterfall that we abseiled down next to.
Here we are before the abseiling (aka repelling). I was pretty scared.
Here I am going down the cliff next to the water fall. It was a lot of fun after I got used to being scared out of my mind... :) Yes, I am wearing shorts - I figured trying to wear a skirt with the harness wasn't the best idea. It ended up being a lot of fun. Highly recommended for those visiting Sipi Falls.
The view from our dorms. It was much better in real life.
A shot of one of the waterfalls. It was amazing.
Another aspect of the view. In the distance you can see the waterfall that we abseiled down next to.
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2 comments:
Christy, you did a 100m rappel! You have me beat (I've done a 60m one in a cave). That is awesome! You looked pretty comfortable, even though yes it is scary the first (and second) time. BTW I've never heard the term "abseiling," but it means "to rope down" in German. Kind of makes sense.
Anyway, kiddo, you'll remember these adventures your whole life, and may there be many more to come. I miss you - see you in a few months. -Big Bro.
Hi Bro,
Thanks for the comment! I was so scared doing the rappel! When I was starting at the top, I thought about how stupid and embarrassing it would be to die doing a leisure activity in Africa. Now that it is over I am glad that I did it. The hike was really fun too.
Oh, I forgot to tell you: so far two Ugandan women have asked to marry you. They asked me if I had an older brother and I said 'yes' and described you and both women said that they wanted you to come to Uganda so they could marry you. Just a heads up.
:)
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