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Live blog from the bus Kigali - Kabale

16.30 Arrival at the bus does not bode well. But I am hopeful it'll be an enjoyable ride. Already took two pills against motion sickness. Bei Ankunft am Bus musste ich ertstmal schlucken, der Bus sieht nur so halb vertrauenswürdig aus. Aber ich hab schon zwei Pillen gegen Reisekrankheit geschluckt, das sollte eine angenehme Reise werden.
16.45 Fixing some last things on the bus, like the insulation. Letzte Reparaturen an der Isolierung des Busses. 

17.05 Departure from Kigali
First bought to of what I thought were vegetable samosas. Only to be disappointed on the bus. Went back and bought some sweet fried dough. Going on a cross country bus ride without food doses not seem nice. Los geht's! Hab mir erstmal zwei Samosas mit was ich dachte sei Gemüsefüllung gekauft. Fehlanzeige. Nochmal schnell aus dem Bus und stattdessen ein paar frittierte Teigballen kaufen. Ohne Essen gehe ich auf keine Überlandfahrt! 

Beth, Laura and I are now on our way to Kabale, in Southern Uganda, at Lake Bunyonyi. Should be a nice getaway from the constant rain this weekend in Kigali. 
Beth, Laura und ich sind jetzt auf dem Weg nach Kabale am Bunyonyi See im südlichen Uganda. Wir freuen uns auf ein gemütliches Wochenende am See, hoffentlich fernab von den ständigen Regengüssen der letzten Tage. 

First trip outside of Kigali. Yay! 
Meine erste Reise durch Ruanda, juhu! 

Updates will follow. Updates folgen. 
E.g. whether Laura and I made a mistake not taking our vaccination passes with yellow fever stamps with us. If I'm not back Monday night, I'm in quarantine at the Uganda/Rwanda border... 
Z.B. ob Laura und ich einen Fehler gemacht haben, als wir unsere Impfpässe mit den Gelbfieberstempeln vergessen haben. Falls ich am Montag nicht zurück bin, sitze ich in Karantäne (ein Wort, dessen Rechtschreibung mir ein Rätsel ist) an der ugandisch/ruandischen Grenze. 

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