African Wildlife

Today has been quite an adventure. We went out about two hours outside of Masaka to a wildlife park. We left our hotel this morning at 5am "Kingdom Time" (Which means 5am sharp). You have to understand that here in Uganda the roads are terribly bad. Half of them are paved and half are not. Even the ones that are paved are terrible with huge potholes and tons of people walking on them. So its pretty risky business to get in a car and travel here (atleast according to Americans).

On the way there Emily got sick and threw up...thankfully in a pan. there were 16 of us in this van and it was inncredibly close. We finally got there and then drove around for almost 4 hours or so. We had a guide named Andrew who showed us around. We got to see antelopes, zebras, baboons, monkeys, cranes, buffalo, wart hogs, etc. etc. We have plenty of pictures to show when we get home. But the terrible thing is, while we were out in the park, Joanna got sick and started throwing up. so needless to say, it wasn't a fun day for the bransons. Kristi also has been really sick the past two days with some kind of bateria or perisite, nasea and diarehha. thats another thing here, we have al gotten extremely close and are willing to share almost anything. So keep everyone in your prayers in terms of health because it seems like these days we are dropping like flies!

There is good news, yesterday we found this great Mezungue resturaunt just down the road from the hotel. They have actually hamburgers, fries, grilled cheese, pizza, and even ice cream. I think it has been the highlight of our trip. A couple of us are here now. (the also have free internet which is amazing).

So needless to say, we are extremely tired today and ready for some good ol' American style food. (no more beans and rice please). We love you all dearly and miss you! Can't wait to see you all at the airport on Friday evening! XOXO

Love, Ris