The Source of the Nile, a great place to get ripped off

haha! Yea so Jap, Bianca and I went to the Source of the Nile, pretty much one of the biggest tourist attractions in Jinja because it is where Lake Victoria feeds the White Nile, which eventually meets up with the Blue Nile and runs all the way up through Egpyt (90 Days later).

Luckily we had Jap with us (the best barter of the century), so we didn't get ripped off too much, but it was definitely not easy to get a fair price for the boat ride. The guy tried to charge us 20,000 UG schillings for a 20 minute boat ride...that's a little under $10 US dollars, a major rip off. I'm wary of anything over 10,000 UG sch here, unless its a hostel, rafting or clothing (sometimes). I just exchanged money today and the exchange rate was 2,200 UG sch for $1. A soda here is generally 1,000 UG sch, a boda ride is about 500-1,000 UG sch and a meal of Ugandan food is about 3,000 UG sch. It's the mzungu internet cafes that get you, but I pay the high price for the foods I miss, like the 3,5000 UG sch piece of banana bread from Flavours or the 8,000 UG sch chips and guacamole from The Source.

Anyways, here are some pics! We saw monkeys for the first time :)