Trip Planning and Finally, Goat Brochettes

We finally got some much needed sleep last night at the BG Guest House. It was very nice to see our friends Delphine and Hassan. After sleeping for about 12 hours and late which is abnormal for both of us especially in Rwanda we met with Greg owner of Amahoro Tours.

Greg's focus for his customers is provide a genuine and meaningful cultural experience. He makes sure that the activities clients particpate in are memorable and will impact both Rwandans and visitors.

Greg will be helping us make plans for our trip with students next summer. He is arranging all of our transportation and we will be staying at the BG Gueshouse which Amahoro Tours owns. Greg is very excited to share the community in Ruhengeri with students from BSM next summer. The students will of course see the gorillas but will also be making bricks, weaving Rwandan baskets and mats, and will help make meals for the group at BG.

Later this afternoon we met with a man named Francis who shared with us his thoughts about Rwandan history and the Genocide. He had some very interesting insights, especially about the Gacaca court process. We talked with him for over an hour and recorded the conversation via video. It was great until we discovered that we had plugged his wireless microphone into the wrong place on the camera. We're meeting with him again on Tuesday for a do-over. Dumb.

On our way back to BG, we met almost all of our friends from Ruhengeri in about 10 minutes. Justin, Bosco, and Gato were all sitting right outside the internet cafe as we walked out.

We finally had our first meal of goat brochette tonight. We have been a little surprised and very distressed that we have been in Rwanda for more than 24 hours and have yet to have our favorite meal. It was really good with pili pili sauce and sweet potato chips.

We caught the last half and overtime of the Italy vs. Spain Euro game before going to sleep.