Uganda...again :)

So, whilst in Lyon I had to decide where to go next to find some waves. Canada, Uganda or staying in Europe were the choices. I chose the option that was logistically easy and certain to have waves: Uganda. I thought Canada would probably be busy and Uganda, although busy with British & irish uni paddlers, would probably be quiet in terms of international paddlers who tend to visit Uganda in Jan/Feb time. (They were ALL here last time I was here!)

Well, here I am and it certainly isn't busy - there have been just 3 of us staying on the Hairy Lemon! However, the waves aren't quite as ideal as when I was out here in January. 2 weeks ago the river got too high for club wave :( and has stayed that way since. Ordinarily this is quite good as it means Nile Special will then usually work for longer each day. However, due to my weather-witch influence, Nile Special is as low and flushy as when club wave is in and still only comes in late afternoon.

We have done a couple of boda missions up to Superhole, which whilst not very 'super' has a super-slow shoulder on it which is great for learning moves without being handed a 'bounce on a plate' that Nile Special gives you. A couple of hours at superhole followed by the day 2 section is pretty good for keeping boat-fit too.

We're up in Jinja now for a bit of river-running and to see what waves we can find on the 'day 1' section.