Sipi Falls & COFFEE

After homestays, we went directly to Sipi Falls.
We got there Friday night, it was basically debrief, eat some supper and catch up with everybody.  It was great after a challenging week. I got to hang out with some of the off campus students that I don't get to see much. I had a real bonding experience with one of the girls. Her name is Sarah. We were told that there was hot showers, which I haven't had since January 1. We were super pumped, grabbed our stuff and each took a stall. We were enjoying the water and we were mid-shampoo when the water turned off. We weren't sure if the water would turn back on, but at that point we were wet, naked and in a drafty shower. We just decided after standing around for awhile that the water wouldn't turn back on and therefore we just dealt with shampoo in our hair.

 It was okay that our hair was absolutely gross because the following day we got absolutely disgusting on a nine mile hike to see three waterfalls. In case you missed me saying it four or five times the last post:  I am seriously out of shape.  I made it though.

We had fun with the cameleon. We played in the waterfall (It was a very long hike in wet jeans, but 100% worth it!) We completed 9 miles.

The path had loose dirt and some Ugandan boys helped us down the path. While this wasn't me, it had definitely been me multiple times.

The view from the "hotel." It's labeled the first waterfall we went to and the third. The second could not be seen. However, I totally walked that far and didn't die.

After the hike, we had like five minutes to change out of wet clothes and grab money and then we went on a coffee tour and then I had two and a half cups of Ugandan coffee. It was super interesting to see the process in African versus the process I have seen used when I did a tour of Kansas City roastery. It is so much less complicated, scientific and less machines. However, it's still a pretty good cup of joe.

Coffee Plant

Baby Coffee Plants

After beating the coffee to get the good part of the bean you have to thrash it. We were not good at it but I don't have an expert pictures and this one was too fun not to share.

Before being roasted & After

Hand ground is best, right?