Back in Rwanda

Got back from the UK today on a flight over a very cloudy East Africa via Bujumbura (capital of Burundi). At the stopover in Bujumbura our plane was met by a military guard of honour and about six vehicles collecting somebody - unfortunately never got to see who it was.

Then this afternoon in Kigali I dropped off some documents at the office of the environmental agency for the EIA and in return got a letter with some new queries on. Not exactly the homecoming I anticipated but I'll be back in Kigali tomorrow to see what we can sort out on the EIA queries.

In the meanwhile Andy had been quite busy at the site preparing some new plants we want to supplement the existing hedges with - well, rather make them as impenetrable as possible without using fencing. He had gone to Kisoro (Uganda) to get some seeds of the Mfata-ingwe plants which is also used in Rwanda but we couldn't get seeds here. The name of the plant that grows into a hedge roughly translates into a plant that keeps leopard out. Apparently, if you/anything gets stuck in this bush, you'll not be able to get out unless someone arrives to hack the plant off you.

Andy had planted the seeds on the inside of the mid-western border where they established a little area for the seedlings with a rough roof cover to protect them. As they mature, we'll plant them out to the border hedge areas. Hopefully I'll get to the site and get some photos of this over the weekend.