African wake up

After 2 days of travelling we are here. We were greeted at Kigali International by Karl, a US physician who has been working with us and Dr. Dan and Dr. Aflodis, two of our Rwandan hosts.

The sun was out and amazizngly all 40 pkus bags arrived in better condition than the travellers.
Showers, money converted and a walk to La Planetta wh ere we were hosted to our first African dinner replete with Mutzig, the Rwandan beer, steamed green bananas and fish brochettes with pili pili sauce ( it makes Tabasco sauce look like a training bra).

We had the opporuntiy to meet with many of the people who have been working on our arrival and both they and our delegation had an apporunity to realize we are HERE. We are referred to as the AMerican Delegation from Washington (then we explain there are two Washingtons).

It is 8:40AM the birds are singing, trucks are moving dirt to fill the giant hole in front of our hotel and we are about to begin our first meeting which will provide us with all the info regarding our work assignments.

On a personal note, my first 20 hours back in Africa have been filled with nostalgia. Foods, (la vache qui rit) and milo, smells, (fa the deoderant I used to use and charcoal fires) and mostl importantly the generosity of Africans both curious and a bit confused by the size of this community descending into their world.

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