22 11 14
Journey through the forest and “Le Toure de Rwanda”
Today we journey up through the forest to Cygagugu diocese
we hire a bus the bus driver starts off from Kamambe our final destination and
drives up starting at 3 am then after a brief rest picks us up at 11am and
drives all the way back to Kamambe carrying 10 of us all our luggage and boxes
of Aquafilters and various bottles and buckets. All went well until all the
traffic was ordered to stop on the side of the road and we were made to wait as
this cycle race sped past. So there was first a great cavalcade of vehcles and
police outriders on mtor cycles, then the first breakaway group of two riders
sped past then a second following group then the large peleton and finally
several rather disheartened looking tail enders. The cyclist represented many
African nations certainly the land of a thousand hills is a good place to hold
a challenging bicycle race.
Finally we got on our way stopping at Nyamata to pick up
Peter our good friend and translator and delicious yoghurt which they make in
that area. Then on to a picnic stop just before the forest we were watched by
two hungry boys who suddenly multiplied to a small army of hungry children and
an old man when it became obvious there was spare picnic to give away. So to
stop this descending into chaos Peter who is a scholl teacher organised them
into a line with the smallest first and
the eldest last and all recieved a little. Then on through the wonderful
tropical rain forest with the occasional monkey for amusament along the way,
the road was very difficultas it is being remade with many roadworks. Fially
out through tea plantations arriving at the guest house after dark to a
wonderful welcome from the staff. Jour
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