a day in Kigali, Rwanda…

Weird being all on my own here in Rwanda… there was such a great network and so many fab people in Tanzania that being alone was a little bit of a shock to the system!

But this evening I met Joseph who is one of the coordinators at the project in Uganda and he is escorting me there tomorrow morning – and what a lovely man! He used to be a guide taking tourists up in the mountains to track gorillas – so lucky. Anyway feeling good about things after that!

Also had a great day here in Kigali. It’s like many other cities, but with a difference. It’s still very African but with a mixture of modern and traditional life…and many hills…

I walked into town this morning – it was market day, so quite hectic but interesting!! The smell of fresh onions and potatoes mixed with petrol fumes and lots of shouting and a fight over a bag of beans…interesting indeed!

Walking around town was fun though, not another Musungu (white person) in sight and you quickly get used to being stared at, talked to and asked if you want to have a ride on a motorbike. Lovely people – and I expected nothing less!

Also seems that WhatsApp are diversifying their business!! And that bars have a certain purpose!! 😀

After my stroll into town I visited the Rwanda Genocide Museum. Such horrible events and so awfully recent. If you haven’t watched the film Hotel Rwanda I encourage you to…it’s so incredibly sad, but so important.

I was however not aware that there had been such a long build up and that the separation of people within Rwanda was already initiated when colonised… and the devastating fact that the world just watched without doing anything was too much for me…wish my mascara had been waterproof! 😥

And not only did the museum show facts of the genocide here, but also of others around the world…how can there be so many evil people in the world?? I just don’t understand…