on the day in which we went to the zoo...

This past Friday was officially feild trip day! Our group of 5 volunteers along with a handful of nannies gathered up 30 babies for a day trip to the Entebbe Wildlife Foundation. Entebbe is a small city located south of Kampala, and about 1 1/2 hours drive from the Suubi Village. 

Our morning was off to a busy start as our goal was to be ready and on the bus by 8am. Morning milk, bathtime and breakfast took place at a rapid pace and then we got everyone dressed and ready to go. Not too bad; we were loaded and pulling out by 8:20am :)

The ride out was a little rough, but the babies handled the bumpy dirt roads like little champions! After our almost 2 hour drive, we arrived at the zoo and promptly unloaded to get set up for snack time. Within minutes of getting everyone sitting on the grass, we were surrounded by 7 or 8 monkeys, who were extremely interested in the biscuits and juice that the babies were about to enjoy. They also discovered that we had bananas on board the bus, and a couple of open windows proved to be their ticket to a free meal! Intially we laughed becuase it was kinda funny watching them raid our bananas. But clearly they are used to visitors, because they started to get a bit aggressive when they realized the babies weren't willing to share their snacks. We spent the rest of snack time warding off the monkeys with large tree branches. 

After snack time, we packed everyone up and headed on inside. We walked around with the babies for about 2 hours, and they really enjoyed the sights and sounds of all of the animals. The zoo has a pretty good representation of local animals; lots of different types of tropical birds, monkeys, lions, zebras, hyenas and snakes. It is located right alongside Lake Victoria, so the setting was beautiful. 

For a sneek peek into some of our pictures from the day, click here.

After our tour, we headed back to the bus and chose to have lunch ON the bus and AWAY from our monkey friends :)

Most of the babies fell asleep on the bumpy ride back to Suubi village. Not gonna kid ya, us volunteers were pretty close to needing a nap too. But all in all, a great Friday with the kids!