Saturday

Here are some photos reflecting my Saturday (Kuwa Gatandatu) in Cyangugu.

This is Leocardie with her granddaughter Daniele in their house located not far from where I am staying.  Leocardie has 4 children and I joined her, Christian her eldest son and Daniele for breakfast this morning.  Leocardie is a good friend of another Daniele who spent 3 months this year and last in Cyangugu teaching.  Leocardie's eldest daughter was raped when she was in the DRC and gave birth to Daniele. Breakfast consisted of fish from the lake (similar to whitebait), Irish potatoes (chips), fruit and tea - not my normal Bran Flakes and toast but still delicious!  Christian speaks excellent English so made the whole visit so much easier.

I then went on an unscheduled walk taking me past the prison and down to the lake passing a group of prisoners. The picture below is of the border bridge from Rwanda to the DRC so you can see how close we are. Further along the lake is where the local fishermen bring in their catch and pictures show the crowd of people buying and also drying the fish. I passed lots of people carrying and pushing extremely heavy loads that they were taken into the DRC.

Rwanda/DRC Border Bridge

Prisoners going back to the prison

Going to the DRC

Buying fish

Drying fish

Finally, back to the house to a view of rain falling in the distance over the DRC. Got to cut this short as just lost power - not sure if a power cut or meter needs topping up - and battery on laptop about to run out!

Rain over Lake Kivu