So Tuesday we heard a rumour that Friday was a public holiday. I say rumour because depending on who you talk to not everyone knew about it so it took us until Thursday to confirm that Friday was a day off!
Saturday, June and I arranged a hike at nearby Wanale with Martin who works at Mbale CAP. To avoid the sun (we all now know how I cope with that!), we headed out at 8.30am and naively assumed a gentle walk to the base of the waterfall. Three hours later we were at the top of Wanale, beaten by many locals treading the well beaten path to the homes and villages dotted around and on top.
It was a pretty tough 'walk' that took in caves, tree ladders and as June put it some 'black runs' on the way back down! But the views were stunning, and we even managed to pick out landmarks in the town that we're starting to recognise.
Later (as if we hadn't burnt enough calories!) we decided to join an African Dance Exercise Class (!), a few other volunteers mentioned it to us as a fundraiser to support a local library so with two of our housemates in tow, off we went. Now think somewhere between street dancing and zumba with really loud african house music :) I'm not the most coordinated of people but an hour and a half later we were chilled out, dripping balls of sweat but there are more books making it to the library as a result of our efforts!
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| Tree Ladder |
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| Made it to the top! |
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