Rainy season

I think the rainy season has arrived (although this is nothing compared to what will come - apparently it gets MUCH worse!).  It has rained on and off since I arrived in Kibungo but the last 48hrs have seen almost constant downpours and thunderstorms.  Whenever there is a thunderstorm or very heavy rain, we lose power.  This happened just as we started to cook dinner this evening, so we then had to light up the kerosene lamp and stove in order to continue.  I'm very hardcore...  I had enough power left on my laptop battery to enable us to watch a film, so we did that in the dark and after about 45mins the power returned - hurray!  It was incredible to look out across the valley as it was in total darkness - you really could not see a thing.

We had a lovely day to round off the weekend - a trip to Rwamagana (sp?) to visit two other volunteers who made us a very delicious lunch.  It also involved a couple of trips on buses which were quite amusing for various reasons.  Firstly, our trip this morning attracted lots of interest in the lorry park/bus station and everyone wanted to sell us tickets.  Of course none of this can be done without first shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with everyone.  It takes quite a while to go anywhere but it is very sociable.  On the way back we had to get in a very small bus taxi and it was incredibly cosy.  But it was a lovely day out and another chance to view some of the fine scenery.  Off to bed now as I have a very busy day tomorrow.