IBM requires its personnel to travel in pre-approved (which equates to "costly") cars driven by pre-approved drivers. To save costs and experience a bit more of the country, the MSU team joined the Peace Corps volunteers outside of PC Headquarters once the IBM car pulled away.
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| Blair, Lauren, Hannah, Ryan, and James outside PC Headquarters |
We walked about 10 minutes, uphill, to the main road where we caught a local bus to Nyabugogo, a central transportation hub for Rwanda in Kigali.
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| Nyabugogo Bus Station |
The trip to Musanze took about 2 hours. The bus was full. Scenery was beautiful! A video monitor periodically cut in and out with music.
Once in Musanze, PC volunteers would normally take an hour-long "moto" (a motorcycle "taxi" for one) from Musanze to Janja along a windy dirt road. But "moto" is not a very safe mode of travel. So we instead all squeezed into a 4-wheel drive vehicle that PC volunteers arranged for the MSU travelers to take, and we started the bumpy last leg of our journey. By car the drive was a good 90 minutes. We were well "tossed" by the time we arrived.
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| At long last, we have arrived! |
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