As is often the case in Rwanda, the journey began with haggling with the over-ambitious moto-drivers. After we agreed a price, which I was later told was quite high, we set off. I was a bit nervous about weaving in and out of the busy city traffic but the driver seemed competent enough and got me there in one piece, despite taking a detour up a steep pedestrian ramp when the main road was closed! It is really impressive how quickly the little motos can travel up the big hills in Kigali, especially over cobbled and uneven roads. At the end of the journey, I was rewarded with a burrito stuffed full of vegetables, rice, sauce and cheese - delicious, and the margarita wasn't bad either! Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of me on a moto but I am sure you can picture it.
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I had an interesting conversation with one of the Ugandan volunteers after dinner last night whilst we were walking across the compound back to our rooms. Recently, he had friends visiting him in Uganda from a western country (I don't remember if it was England or somewhere else). He asked the visiting man why he looked so agitated when they walked together in Uganda, explaining to me that it seemed he was always searching for something. The visiting man replied that he was checking the ground for snakes. At the end of this story, the volunteer chuckled loudly and asked whether I thought the visiting man was foolish. I had to confess that for the duration of his story, whilst we were walking, I had been scrupulously checking the ground for snakes too! This really made him laugh.
Your blogs are brilliant Amy, they make me chuckle and also inspire me, just wish I was young again so I could do something like this!
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