Hi this is me at Lake Kivu. I was really lucky because I was invited to go there with Piet the belgian eye doctor, Michael and some belgian friend s of Piet's. He drove us there and it was quite a drive - right round the mountain bends the whole way - I swear there was only 100 yards of straight road in 1and a half hours driving. But once there it wa absolutely stunning. Just so peaceful and beautiful. our hotel was on top of a hill, but we walked down the steep path and just sat by the lake. Piet swam and swam but the water was too dark for me. It was just bliss sitting there and watching the occasional boat - ie a hollowed out tree trunk with one paddle, swishing by. The boat driver (?right word) always paddled close to the shore to talk - in Kinyarwanda of course - and to look too. Just a world away from any care or worries - what a fantastic weekend. Piet is such a lovely generous bloke. He works so hard at the eye clinic too, often doing up to 20 operations a day