Rwandan Ramblings

I'm here in Fort Portal staying with Pat Heathcote, and Cathie has helped me set up this "travelblog". Who knows whether I shall manage to keep it up but I thought it might be a good way to keep in touch with everyone during those weeks when I'm rushing about and can't afford the time or the francs to spend much time in the internet cafe!

We've had a great time here in Uganda and done a variety of things including SHOPPING, 2 nights by the Bujagali Falls, had a lovely day - thanks to kind Pat - driving to the Semliki valley where we visited very hot and rather smelly springs and saw lovely monkeys, met other VSO volunteers and had the usual exchange of experiences and views on development -is it a GOOD THING or not? and really enjoyed the beautiful scenery here - especially the spectacular Mountains of the Moon which are apparently geologically quite interesting - formed by the magma forced up by the volcanic activity in this area. The region has many crater lakes which are quite beautiful.

We went for a walk to one of them this morning and it was a glorious pastoral scene- goats, cows, moutains and a perfect temperature as well.

Tomorrow we set off for Mbarrara and hope to get back to Butare on Tuesday.