2/24/2018 0 Comments February 24th, 2018After the baseline data collection finished I was in Muhanga in the Splendid Hotel. By a very lucky coincidence the following day a good friend of mine and ex teacher colleague from Welsh Water, Helga, was coming to Rwanda to visit a link school. She was coming to Muhanga and was staying for the week in the Splendid Hotel! So instead of going back to Kigali with the rest of the team I stayed in Muhanga. Glyn joined me and we went to stay for the weekend with Jan and Ronin fellow volunteers who live in Muhanga. It was a pleasant weekend we went for a walk, Glyn borrowed a bike from a local (he was missing his bike!) It was great to meet up with Sharon and Helga and find out how their visit to their link school (Mushabati Primary) was going On Monday we were due to leave Muhanga. Our house was ready in Nyamasheke and the furniture and our luggage (yes I was still using that small bag of smelly clothes!) was being brought from Kigali. We were going to be picked up around 10am which would mean we would be in our new house late afternoon. It was all looking good. Then I had a text message from Christian who was organising everything for me "you are going to kill me.." We had to delay by a day as the vehicle that was supposed to be transporting us and our luggage was full of other volunteers! So we delayed a day. On Tuesday we were picked up the delightful Bernard and reached Nyamasheke mid afternoon. We had our luggage but there was an issue with the furniture. Some had made it to Nyamasheke, but not all. Christian asked - "do you need a hot plate tonight?" (in other words - do you plan on eating today?) He then added that it was a rhetorical question! No hot plate = no food = raid the emergency chocolate supply (thank goodness we did have our luggage). ![]() ![]() The bed was also a challenge as the base they brought was narrower than the bed! The house is in a stunning location with amazing views over the lake. It is also huge with four massive bedrooms, a large living room, a dining room, big kitchen and various other rooms - for washing clothes etc. There are five bathrooms with four hot water boilers next to the showers. So in theory we should have hot water for showers. But none of them are plumbed in. Some have inlets and no outlets, some are not connected to the power. With one when you turn on the shower the water comes out of a hole in the opposite wall. The kitchen has electric sockets but they don't work! Our landlady - the delightful Ernestina, is trying to help get some of these issues fixed and has turned up with various electricians and plumber to get things sorted. Not quite happened yet but we are getting there! For some time we didn't have any chairs. But we do have Glyn's motorbike! And I have made some curtains - so "slow by slow' we will make our house a home!
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