This is me at Chyangugu - the land atthe other side of the lake that you can see in the distance is the Congo. This is the southernmost town in Rwanda where there is a border crossing into Congo. We went right up to the border which is a narrow one way bridge, with a small customs post and an armed guard. It was all quite casual really, but obviously wealthy across the other side in Bakuva. We didn't bother going across but sat and had a beer by the narrow fast flowing river, knowing that the bank at the other side was in a different country which was quite weird!

There was a large earthquake here only about a year ago and there is still a lot of methane in the lake. There were many fishermen out in their dug out canoes while we were there though, hauling the tiny fish that they make into simbasa, which is like dried whitebait.

Talking of earthquakes I have actually experienced three while I have been here,. There was a small one last night which I could actually feel moving along in a line under the ground. A month or so ago there was one at 7 am. The floor was moving one way backwards and forwards for a long time and the walls seemed to be going in the opposite direction. The first one was in Butare when I was in the motel and I was a bit too asleep to notice. I thought it was just a big fat bloke turning over in bed in the room next door!!!!