Friday, January 28, 2011

Rwanda!

So I left Uganda the other day to go to Rwanda. The last place I went to was Lake Bunyunyi( not sure if the spelling is right). It was a really nice place. We (Me and 3 other guys) went to the lake to stay on an island. It was so nice and relaxing. There were a ton of birds and really nice views. There were some hills(nothing like what I lived on) around so we climbed one. To get there we had to canoe to the main land it was not far. I even swam to the main land one time. Oh before we went I was able to "watch"(got the words of the play updates) the bears game. I got a guy to open the cyber cafe for me at 12 midnight! What a good game though. If bears had to go out I am glad they went out with respect. Ok enough about football.
I got to Kigali, Rwanda just yesterday. I went to the genocide museum and learn about the very unfortunate recent history of the country. I walked around town after big differences of Rwanda: 1. The city has hills everywhere making it very scenic 2. The city is even safer than Kampala (Point 2 put to make mom fell better :)) 3. They love buffets here, well it is only 1 plate but I am already learning to stack like a Rwandan! 4. The city is very well organized there is no street food(for health reasons) and if you get a ride by motorcycle they have a helmet for you. 5. They eat peas here (I don't think I ever went to a place that served peas in Kenya but you could buy them). 6. The ATMs are not international so I had to get cash when I was in Uganda and that exchange it here( and probably get ripped off...)7. They speak much less English here than Uganda and Kenya. So people speak Swahili or English but some neither so that is fun...

I met some Rwanda PCVs yesterday they are all really nice we went out for dinner and I have also met 2 guys from England. Tomorrow I leave the city(better to do before I go broke) and am going to a town where I PCV has offered to host me. Sunday I go to this really cool forest and Monday I will see a friend(PCV) I met in South Africa. Well, that gets you caught up, thanks for reading Feb 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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