On Christmas eve, my hubby and I drove up to a nice and quiet river lodge in Jinja, Uganda called
The Haven River Lodge. Jinja is 80 km from our home and also happens to be where the source of the River Nile is. My parents had been there earlier in the year and said it was a lovely getaway so we decided to spend Christmas there.It took us an hour and a half to get there - I slept almost the whole way (I'm not very good at doing road trips :-(). Once we got there we fell in love with the scenery! The Haven is right on the banks of the River Nile and you can see about three rapids. It was a calming sight!
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| This was the view of the Nile from the restaurant - lovely isn't it? |
In our room, the bed faced a large window that over looked the Nile!!!!!!!
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| The view of the Nile from our bedroom window!!!! My husband would sit on the bed and simply stare at the water - it was that awesome! | | | | |
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| More shots of the room... the rooms were really basic but still comfortable. The ambiance was relaxing. |
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| The bed |
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| The bathroom |
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The Haven is rather strict on privacy so there is a walkway behind the rooms so that you don't walk past another rooms window and invade their privacy.
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| The walkway |
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| The path to our room |
Once we got settled in we went to get some lunch. The food was so delicious!!!!!!
Once lunch was over we took a little nap and then went for a walk and took some photos just for fun :-)
After we had our supper we got a little show from the village children who were trying to raise some money for some of their friends to be able to go to school the next term. There was this one little girl who really got our attention. She must have been about three or four but she danced with all her might. She hardly ever sang along but she was a pretty good dancer. she would lose her concentration sometimes but once she remembered what she was supposed to be doing she would take a look at what the other girls were doing and join in again. So cute!
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| She's the little girl in red shorts |
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| Doing her thing!!!! So cute! |
Christmas eve was relaxing, refreshing and entertaining. It was nice to get away from the city and enjoy some time alone as a couple :-)
2 comments:
is that the bath tub that i see right in the middle of the room? if not? what is it?
some christmas, i spend my last with my family...in our former home in mengo where Mary stays at the moment. So as you were enjoying the beginning of the marriage, i was thinking its my last as a single woman...
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