I had been at site for a few weeks straight so it was nice to just get some space and refresh. Before IST Nikki and I went to visit Hannah at her site for two nights. We climbed down a mountain to see a waterfall and swam in the extremely questionably colored water. (But after the hike I was too sweaty to care). And by climb down a mountain I really mean slide. It was a steep rock face, covered in moss, which was covered in pine needles. Terrifying at the time, good story now.
Then we headed to Kibuye, which is a town on the shores of Lake Kivu. Our hotel was right on the water, and it was beautiful. We had five days of training, and the days were definitely long and very draining. But overall it was worth it because they had amazing food. I mean seriously, they fed us five times a day and it was fabulous. But I actually did learn a lot and I am really excited to start some projects and get involved more in the community. My supervisor was definitely interested in what I had to say when I came back to site and we are planning a meeting to make a timeline with goals and a schedule and a plan (yay!) Definitely thankful for that, I need something to give me more of a guideline for the rest of my service.
One day we got free time and everyone loaded onto two boats and we went to two islands. Amahoro (Peace) Island and Bat Island. Amahoro used to have a small campsite and a bar but clearly hasnt had much going for it for a while (except for a cool wooden bridge). Bat Island, as the name implies, is home to hundreds of bats. They were huge.
