Kigali

Originally I put up a two sentence update because I was in a hurry, but now that I have time before my bus leaves for Kibuye I'll write some more.

At one in the morning on Saturday I climbed onto a bus in Jinja, I could tell it was old and most moving parts on the inside were broken. Thankfully I was really tired and managed to sleep most of the night despite the driver's interesting style of driving. Crossing a border overland is quite an interesting experience; when you fly from country to country there are nice signs and people to tell you what to do, when I crossed on Saturday morning all people did was point. After a few stamps at the Ugandan side, I had a short walk through the interim zone between the two countries; it became apparent to me that Rwanda was very hilly quite different from central Uganda. Three hours later the bus stopped at the outskirts of Kigali, stepping down from the bus it occurred to me that I spoke neither Swahili nor French. The gentleman at the ticket counter was nice enough to point me to the money stand as well as advise my how to get into town. A few minutes later I was zipping through the streets of Kigali seated on the back of a motorcycle taxi; in contrast to Uganda, all moto-taxis have to carry helmets for their passengers.

After wandering around for about a half hour I chose a hotel near the center of the city. I was still really tired from the journey so I only walked around the city for a few hours before spending the rest of the afternoon and evening watching TV in my room. I ended up having dinner with the manager of the hotel on the terrace facing the city, I learned that he was actually a Spanish law student taking some time off, the hotel was actually only opened a week before and is part of a development plan.

I woke up this morning and went to one of Kigali's museums to pass the time. I'm scheduled to leave for Kibuye in about an hour, so I'm brushing up on my middle school level french. The adventure continues...