This past week I took a good look at the banner photo, and realized that this is Mgahinga National Park - the place that we spent our last 5 days in Uganda because it was too beautiful to leave. To orient you a bit: in the photo on here, the volcano on the very far left - just the other side of the tree - is Sabinyo, the volcano that we hiked. On it's summit you stand simultaneously in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Congo. We opted to have lunch in the Congo that day. In the middle is Gahinga volcano, which is where we tracked the mountain gorillas.
It all comes full circle!
The more I think about it, the more I realize that there's no point in trying to summarize the whole experience in one post. I just can't - there's too much to say, too many angles and aspects, too many stories to tell, too many people who touched my heart. I just posted a bunch of pictures on facebook, and when I was looking through my captions the second time around I realized just how many times I used the word 'favourite.' 'This is Tatiana - she's my favourite,' 'Look at that smile, he's totally my favourite,' 'Giraffes are my new favourite,' and on, and on, and on. [sidenote - you can see these photos here]. So, I won't try to summarize. I won't try to tell you how it's impact my life, because I expect that I'll keep discovering the ways that Uganda has changed me long after I'm back and settled into the routine here.
I journal a lot, and in my journal I always use the first page for quotes that inspire me. This one is at the top of the page, written before I left Canadian soil:
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, only a few will catch your heart... pursue those."
In Uganda I found a few things that caught my heart.
Next step: pursue them!
please tell me you are not leaving the country again xoxo
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear about what caught your heart!
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