quickie

Things have been outrageously busy here... we had almost 20 students for kayak school every day this week- quite a lot for a small company with only 4 guides... As it turned out, Jared, one of our main guides got malaria right at the start of the week and wasn't able to work the first few days, leaving us scrambling. Fortunately, Sam Ward (founder of Love It Live It) and Pringle were around to help us out, filling in for a few weeks.

We had a group of 9 Irish guys, some of whom had been out here before, and 5 scottish guys, two of which taught my friend Fraggle to paddle 14 years ago in scotland! There were also several others who were around here and there filling it out to make a super busy week. 5 norweigan guys just showed up as well for a three day course.. all good boaters, and ive had a lot of fun showing them the river. Ive been working with Ibra a bunch as well, and its always good to see how other people instruct, the spots they tend to stop on the river, etc... As a result, ive learned a lot this week as well, about the river and about coaching.

Im finding that i really do enjoy coaching, and i hope to continue doing it, and to hope improving. All in all, working out here really is an amazing opportunity.

My friend Soapy from North Country comes out in a few weeks, and im really excited to have the opportunity to show him the river, and to have a friend out here to paddle with in my spare time.
As much as i love living in a posh house with internet, tv, and my own bathroom, ive decided to move back up to bujagali area as it is much more convenient, and cheaper. I really do love living right on the water, so it will be a step down, but easier. Though, sitting on the couch right now with my friend megan, eating smoothies (fruit from the market, ice from jinja... and we have a blender!) and watching the devil wears prada,.. it is about as close to the states as you can get. Weird.

Morgan has posted tons of photos on facebook for those of you on facebook, so check them out, and for those not i will do my best to put some on the blog asap.
cheers!