Sunday, May 17

I woke up Sunday morning and just soaked up the atmosphere: laying out on the beach, checking out the mountain scenery, and watching the fishing boats come in. The previous night I saw tons of little wooden boats setting out to the lake and was told that they were fishing boats that went out and fished all night. As they returned in the morning they chanted traditional Rwandan songs to signal how much fish they had caught the night before. Really cool to see tribal traditions still carried out in a non-contrived fashion.

I also went to church that morning, which was really fun but reeeeeally long. We left after a little more than 2 hours and the service was about half way done. It was like 90% singing and 10% preaching, and the other girl who came and I were welcomed with a special song by everyone.

We spent pretty much the rest of the day relaxing, which included a dinner at the Serena Hotel in town, a pretty fancy place that runs about $200 a night. Keep in mind that's $200 in Rwanda, where our budget accommodation has its own beach and incredible service. So it was pretty nice.