Rwanda is called, the Land of a Thousand Hills... tens and tens and tens of thousands more like it.
The drive started out pleasantly enough, weaving through these beautiful, rolling, mist shrouded hills.
That wonderful elixir known as coffee... due to the climate and the nutrient rich volcanic soil, the colonials (ze Germans), brought the magic beans to Rwanda. They grow everywhere.
Where are these crazy Mzungus going?
Hours and hours and hours later, after some seriously gnarly roads, and several stops to ask directions (even the Rwanadans have never heard of this place), we rolled into Ruli... so why were even going to Ruli you might ask???
Our engineer Scott had been speaking with a group of German ophthalmologists who work the Ruli rural hospital, performing all sorts of wonderful eye care miracles.
The rural hospital was started ~25 years ago by a little Spanish firecracker who has dedicated her life to service, specifically the poorest and most far flung... which rural Rwanda certainly qualifies.
ze Germans named their facility a very German name... Krankenhaus. I bet they wake ever morning and cry out "It is time to unleash the Kraken.... haus!!!" I love ze Germans.
ze Germans definitely know how to make beautiful things... cars, watches, roadways, and the occasional rural hospital. The grounds were so well manicured, the facilities were "eat off the floor" clean.
If you had to be sick in Rwanda, this is definitely the place to recover.
Heather showing the locals not only how to wear shades, but how to look GOOD doing it.
Although the ride to and from the Ruli hospital was a nausea inducing ride over some of the worse roads in Rwanda, the hospital itself was wonderful to see and experience... it represented what the eye care team hoped develop (in partnership with the local churches).
On the road back from Ruli... a few ladies on their way home, in hands free mode.
Emerald, sage, juniper, seaweed, mint, moss, pine, olive, avocado... How many shades of green exist? If this question ever keeps you up at night, then Rwanda is the place to start the catalog.
mmm sugar cane... a little late afternoon energy blast.
The drive started out pleasantly enough, weaving through these beautiful, rolling, mist shrouded hills.
That wonderful elixir known as coffee... due to the climate and the nutrient rich volcanic soil, the colonials (ze Germans), brought the magic beans to Rwanda. They grow everywhere.
Where are these crazy Mzungus going?
Pretty typical road trip, with a random stop to help a guy with a bike full of bananas up on of the thousand or so hills.
Hours and hours and hours later, after some seriously gnarly roads, and several stops to ask directions (even the Rwanadans have never heard of this place), we rolled into Ruli... so why were even going to Ruli you might ask???
Our engineer Scott had been speaking with a group of German ophthalmologists who work the Ruli rural hospital, performing all sorts of wonderful eye care miracles.
The rural hospital was started ~25 years ago by a little Spanish firecracker who has dedicated her life to service, specifically the poorest and most far flung... which rural Rwanda certainly qualifies.
ze Germans named their facility a very German name... Krankenhaus. I bet they wake ever morning and cry out "It is time to unleash the Kraken.... haus!!!" I love ze Germans.
ze Germans definitely know how to make beautiful things... cars, watches, roadways, and the occasional rural hospital. The grounds were so well manicured, the facilities were "eat off the floor" clean.
If you had to be sick in Rwanda, this is definitely the place to recover.
Heather showing the locals not only how to wear shades, but how to look GOOD doing it.
Although the ride to and from the Ruli hospital was a nausea inducing ride over some of the worse roads in Rwanda, the hospital itself was wonderful to see and experience... it represented what the eye care team hoped develop (in partnership with the local churches).
On the road back from Ruli... a few ladies on their way home, in hands free mode.
Emerald, sage, juniper, seaweed, mint, moss, pine, olive, avocado... How many shades of green exist? If this question ever keeps you up at night, then Rwanda is the place to start the catalog.
mmm sugar cane... a little late afternoon energy blast.
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