Jinja

I've never been to Egypt, but now I've seen the source of the Nile. Very different terrain up here I imagine.
Lake Victoria pours out into the Nile in Jinja, Uganda. Jinja is the formal colonial capital of Uganda and was at one point an industrial power house in the country. Now, the industry is mostly gone (except for the Nile Beer brewery) and Jinja itself has a sleepy feel. It kind of reminds me of an old west town with tumbleweeds rolling down the street. Old white concrete colonial buildings are tinted orange with red dust and filled with little shops with names like "Jesus is Lord: Ladies Wear".
I took a boda boda along a long dirt path to see the official source of the Nile (only way). After strolling around I sat on a grassy hill near the spot the river was first found by a British explorer. Next to me a resort was under construction, hundreds of birds crowded the rocks below where a few Ugandans bathed, the tourist bar across the river blared Madonnas "Material Girl", a toddler wearing only a shirt ran by screaming "Bye Muzungo!", two cell phone towers rose over a nearby hill, and above me a black plastic bag rode up the thermals. The river itself was beautiful. Everything felt quintessentially East African to me.