It was a beautiful morning as we left Kigali and headed north up the mountains to Byumba in the District of Gicumbi. As we left the city our van was stitched amongst hundreds of motorcycles that threaded their way through bumper to bumper cars, huge trucks , endless bicycles, and pedestrians who scurried through the chaos. On our travel up the mountain, we tailed a truck with two young men holding on tightly to the bumper for miles so they didn’t have to peddle (or trudge) the huge milk cans tied on the back of their seats up to villages miles away.
Up and down the mountain we encountered bikes laden with lumber, bananas, grain bags and so much more.
Rwanda is pristine which is shown by women cleaning the roadways with corn husk brooms while other women plant crops on strips of soil along roadways.
The greatest mode of transportation here though is walking! It is free for everyone. Children raced home along the busy roads as we too headed home once again under the safe hands of Jean Claude at the wheel.
Team Rwanda 2023
Rotary Club of Kigali Virunga 🇷🇼 and SCAW 🇨🇦