Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile

Leaving Rwanda, we crossed back into Uganda and stayed in Jinja. There, I went Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile. And I survived Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile. From now on I shall refer to it as Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile because I'm very proud that I actually went Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile. Grade 5 White Water Rafting on the Nile.

It was crazy and amazing and terrifying and SUCH an adrenaline rush.

There were 8 rapids in total. The first rapid had a water fall. WE WENT OVER A WATER FALL. I was excited until I could see it, then absolutely off-my-face terrified (which wasn't helped when we asked Peter, our guide in command, how long he had been doing this for as we had been rowing for about 15 mins, and he looks as his watch and says "About 15 minutes") and then we WENT OVER THE WATERFALL. I don't swear in life but, I'm not exactly proud to say, I remember repeating a chorus of "shit shit shit shit" as we were falling. But, at the bottom sopping wet and glad to be alive, I was laughing.

Most rapids were super scary but a blast, but one, (aptly named "The Bad Place") was one I didn't enjoy and wouldn't want to do again. We flipped first thing and then I got slammed in the neck and head with either the raft or a wave. Whatever it was, it felt like a brick wall. I was getting a bit panicky because I inhaled a good chunk of water and couldn't catch my breath because the water would suck me down again. But I did what I was taught and tried to take little breaths in-between being underwater and I eventually I got back on board. It was scarier than skydiving and bungee jumping and every other scary thing in my life put together. With an extra dose of scary. And scary whip cream and a scary cherry on top. You might have gathered that I was scared. Scared.

But all the other ones were the good kind of scary. They were hard but I didn't actually feel like I was going to die. They were fun! I enjoyed the challenge of it. It felt like being on a roller coaster. In-between the rapids we jumped out of the raft and swam along lazily in the Nile :)


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