Kibogora and beyond

Finally have some stable internet access here in Kampala. Julie's internet is soooooo sloooooooooooooooooooow because everyone at the hospital shares the same band width, and since it goes through the phone system if many are on the phone it slows down to a turtles pace or doesn't let you on at all.

We had a beautiful drive back to Kigali from Kibogora. I hope my pictures do it justice. The view through the rain forest is just spectacular. You can see a thousand hills as you trek up one and down the other. We saw about 5 monkeys on our way out. One was quite indifferent to our intusion of his lunch. He just sat there looking at us, stuffing his face with grass. He moved up a little bit when Connie started making funny noises at him to make him turn his head hour way again. After the rain forest you drive through miles of tea fields, where the workers strap baskets on their backs to collect the good leaves they pick off. We stopped at a restaurant in Butare for lunxh and a potty break. The Ibis hotel is the only one around for miles with a "proper English toilet". This particular one had no seat cover and didn't flush..., but it was better than squatting (which is quite dificult when one had pants on). =0)
The next morning, about 4 am, we had another earthquake. Since we felt it fairly well in Kigali, I can't imagine what it was like in Kibogora. Pray that no one was seriously hurt.

The ride from Kigali to the border of Uganda was eventful. Since Rwanda is such a hilly country the roads follow the curves of the mountains. The bus driver must have had a hot date because he was definitely "flying low" causing about half the passengers to feel sick to their stomachs and about half of them lost their breakfast on the bus. Poor Amanda felt so queasy we emptied one of our plastic bags (which are illegal in Rwanda) just in case she needed it. Thankfully she did not, but the guy behind me had to stick his head out the window a few times and the kids one row up and over graced the floor with their stomach contents. Once we reached the border we all had to get off and get our exit stamps from Rwanda, walk the half kilometer to the Ugandan side and pay for our entrance back into the country for the last 4 days we are here. They do not take that opportunity to clean the bus they only put more cardboard down on the floor so we don't have to step in it. Nice of them. It was soo cold that morning that none of the other passengers around us would let us have the window open for very long. Thankfully the smell wasn't too bad. After the border the road flattens out, so the nausea subsided for most everyone.

We got to Kampala without insident and are now having fun trekking around the city.
More ;ater.
Love,
Me