Nursery schools, the perfect gin, and close encounters

Still staying on the banks of Lake Bunyonyi, a few of us visited a nursery school. This was an organised trip and it felt like everything the children did was done to try and get us to give the school money. It was still a fun morning though as we played and sang and danced with the children (all except one who I found left behind and sleeping in one of the classrooms).

On one of the hikes I did, we came across another nursery school. The children all ran out to the road to great us when they saw us pass. Their teacher came to see what all the fuss was about and the children then sang us their national anthem and other songs which involved praising God and their teachers and school. We were shown around the school by the head master, and never once were asked for any money or got the feeling that was what they were after. Quite refreshing after the school we'd visited in the morning!

Another find whilst out walking was that of sachets of gin, which as the box told you meant that 'The mornings will always be BRIGHT and CLEAR, No Hangovers, No Headaches'.

From Lake Bunyonyi we moved on to our next camping spot on the edge of Lake Mburo. This was a particularly exciting place to camp. During the day light hours we were surrounded by warthogs and when it got dark we were told we should walk around in pairs. This was because there were hippos in the lake and they liked to walk through our camp site to get to where they liked to eat during the night. Hippos apparently kill the more people than any other animal. It might not be that they're simply horrible but just very territorial. If you get in their way they'll charge you, flattening you if you're on dry land and drowning you if you're in the water.

We watched the hippos in the lake as the sun set and then as we sat by the fire in the evening we could hear them grunting close by. Everyone had a very early night that night and I don't think anyone used the toilet in the middle of the night! In the morning though, we were up before light and sure enough there was a hippo munching on the grass only a few metres from where we were camped.