Kibuye, Kivu & Barf

So, last night when we returned to the hotel, Felix the cab driver showed up. We went out to talk with him and made small talk for about five minutes and then tried to say goodbye. He then demanded we pay the balance for his services (about $40). We argued for several minutes in the lobby of the hotel, had the desk clerk translating, and finally settled on half the balance to end the argument.

This morning we hopped on a bus to visit the town of Kibuye. The ride lasted about 3 hours and we spent only 4 hours in town before returning to Kigali.

We visited another church where 11,400 Tutsis were massacred in the genocide. It was a beautiful Catholic church with several stained glass windows. We spent about thirty minutes sitting in the pews enjoying the peaceful setting. A young woman who is a parishoner at the church sat down to talk to us for a while. She was born in Kibuye in 1988. Both of her parents were killed in the genocide at the church. She still attends mass at the parish and is an accounting student in the city of Gitarama.

We ate lunch at a very nice guest house on Lake Kivu before making the 3 hour trek back to Kigali.