Day 16 - Zed

Today we ate breakfast at Red Chili and then headed North to Murchisin Falls National Park. The Nile River runs through the park. The park also touches the border of the Congo. We took 9 passenger vans up to the park. Our driver for the next three days name was Zed, he was great. The first three hours of the drive were very smooth. We stopped for lunch and spent literally 3 hours waiting for our food. Restaruant service is different here than in the U.S. The next 2.5 hours were extremely bumpy. On this road we saw lots of birds, gazelle, and baboons. I had to go to the bathroom, so we stopped the van. Zed told me not to go in the woods, so I squatted behind the van, using the bumper for balance. Luckily, no cars came up behind us. Again, this was probably too much information.

We eventually reached the other Red Chili branch. It was really nice! Susan and I slept in a tent, with no mosquito nets. There was no electricity in the bathrooms or cabins after midnight, but luckily, the tents all got lanterns. When it was dark, we had to peak our heads out of the tent before getting all the way out. We needed to look out for wart hogs and hippos.. unfortunatly, we never saw a hippo at our campsite.