In about 35 hours, the plane will take off for Kigali, Rwanda. For the next three weeks, the guesthouse of our host Sigurd will be the basecamp for me and my travelling companion Elke.
Let me be honest: I have no clue what it will be like... I do not pretend to be an experienced explorer that whistles a tune while hacking his way through impenetrable jungle, but I do crave a bit more adventure than watching an impala with an indigestion standing by the road and photographing it to death.
Life in Kigali will be different than anything I have known so far, so we'll see... I am curious to know about the standards of living and luxury, about the penetration rate of Western technology and capitalism and about the pace of life. I trace prejudiced assumptions in my thoughts about how Rwanda will be, but I brush them aside quickly. I'll walk into Kigali the way a goldfish starts his day: quite baffledd, not knowing what happened the day before, but eager to see how this day will be. Let me cut off the comparison with the goldfish here. Goldfish do not need to pack or buy malaria pills. I do.
Let me be honest: I have no clue what it will be like... I do not pretend to be an experienced explorer that whistles a tune while hacking his way through impenetrable jungle, but I do crave a bit more adventure than watching an impala with an indigestion standing by the road and photographing it to death.
Life in Kigali will be different than anything I have known so far, so we'll see... I am curious to know about the standards of living and luxury, about the penetration rate of Western technology and capitalism and about the pace of life. I trace prejudiced assumptions in my thoughts about how Rwanda will be, but I brush them aside quickly. I'll walk into Kigali the way a goldfish starts his day: quite baffledd, not knowing what happened the day before, but eager to see how this day will be. Let me cut off the comparison with the goldfish here. Goldfish do not need to pack or buy malaria pills. I do.
2 opmerkingen:
Yo Bos,
heel veel plezier en ontdekkingsgenot in onze ex-kolonie. Mijn gok: na een par dagen met jou willen ze allemaal weer Belg zijn ;-)
Hey handsome,
Geniet er met volle teugen van maar niet vergeten terug te komen hé?
Ik kijk uit naar je verhalen maar zal niet de enige zijn!
Ciao,
Wendy
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