However in Africa plans are not always achievable. Soon after we started our journey messages came through that the road through the forest was blocked. This meant a detour along the rather good new road which is being constructed up the side of the lake via Nyamasheke up to Kibuye it is still being constructed but has a good surface now we then turned inland and headed due east back to Kigali. The road after Kibuye is not so good with many pot holes but eventually this will all be improved making a very good route.
http://www.maplandia.com/rwanda/kibuye/gitsi/kibuye
We broke our journey at this waterfall called the Rock of Nava?
The legend is that someone came here to collect honey out a hole he had to be hauled up the rock face by his friends. He refused to share any of the honey with them so they just cut the rope and left him. The moral is that we need our friends and we must share with them to live.
We arrived back in Solace in good time to be greeted by Jonathan and some of the staff. We were all quite weary but after a quick freshen up we joined together for a de-brief and time of reflection and prayer, then off to a birthday party. Today was Robs birthday so we had friends coming. Teddy an old friend of ours who used to manage Peace Guest House now she works in the Prime Minister's office managing the cleaning staff there, Jean and Vivienne who run Solace, Steve, Enock our friend who came as a Care Force worker to Solace, Peter and finally Charles and Juliette arrived to make a jolly bed . Jean Marie our great friend and cook had produced an enormous cake with a pyrotechnic display on top no mere candle which we all enjoyed as is the custom no engagement is complete without lots of speeches and we all sang happy birthday . Finally we all retired gratefully to bed.
Rob with his firework cake
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