EVERYTHING GOES ON AHEAD(and sometimes on the back of a bike)

carrying, carrying, everything perfectly balanced on their heads:

huge bunches of bananas.

piles of grass (for the cows)

20 litres of water

kerosene

petrol

50 kilogramme sacks of charcoal

suitcases

baskets full of every fruit and vegetable under the (rwandan)sun

a single bed

a dining table and four chairs

A BATH!

women carry everything balanced on an "ingata"- a woven ,padded circle like a donut

men carry loads just so.

bikes are not for riding here(too steep) they are for pushing heavy loads up steep slopes- imagine trying to push 8 full crates of beer up a 50 degree slope!

and of course there are the babies nestling on ther mothers backs while she works or carries a load,so many babies, carried till they are about 4.