Gisenyi

We left Kilgali this morning for Gisenyi - a resort town on Lake Kivu on the Congo border.

On the way, we did one of the most fun things of the entire trip - we saw a group of boys playing with a makeshift soccer "ball" made out of plastic bags, held together with tape. We stopped the bus, took one of the new soccer balls we brought with us and gave them to the boys - see above. You would have thought they just won the lottery!

It took several hours to get here as we stopped to buy coffee, tea, lunch and several times for pictures. But, it is a lovely town and hotel, so it's worth it.

After a short rest, we went to take a look at the border with Congo, which is about a mile from the hotel. We would have liked to have crossed it, but the guards did not look friend - nor did their guns.