On Saturday, we went to visit our friend Joe, who lives on the other side of the Nyungwe forest, on lake Kivu.
We set off down our mountain on foot as there were no motos around but half way down we managed to find bicycle boys who took us down on the back of their push bikes - exhilarating!
leg 2 of the journey- too exhilarating! A death defying bus journey round hairpin bends and up and down all the way and this time the road had deteriorated so much because of the rains, the driver had to swerve constantly from one side of the road to another to find a bit of road he could drive on. People are always sick on this journey, so i made sure i was at the back where i couldnt be hit by flying vomit! A man further up the bus spent nearly the whole journey with his head out of the window copiously vomiting;the first time he stuck his head out,the people behind him didnt have time to shut their windows in time to avoid being splattered. 2 and a half hours later we arrived at the crossroads where we then had to complete leg 3 - a 30 minute journey on the back of a moto.
Nyamasheke is in a stunning setting overlooking the lake and feels much more african many more banana plantations and much more space than where we are. There was a serious earthquake here last year and the church was completely destroyed. It has just been rebuilt.
Nyamasheke is in a stunning setting overlooking the lake and feels much more african many more banana plantations and much more space than where we are. There was a serious earthquake here last year and the church was completely destroyed. It has just been rebuilt.
The rain welcomed us soon after our arrival and the road was a sea of mud
on Sunday we had a nice long walk down to the lake - i was tempted to swim, but it is the 3rd deepest lake in the world and I like to see the bottom when I am swimming.
We had loads more rain later - the short rainy season has arrived.
Same journey in reverse on monday and i mustnt forget to mention that the forest is stunning, 100's of square kilometres of primeval rain forest and most of the time we are looking down onto the forest canopy. The first time we did this journey we saw loads of monkeys, but not this time; However, we will be returning there in a couple of weeks to stay overnight and do a couple of trails.
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