Transport

The main modus of transport in Rwanda is per foot. Everywhere you go, you see people walking along the road. No-one even try to hitch hike, as there are so few car’s on the road and they are always jam packed already. For short distances, you can make use of motorbike taxis. You jump on the back of a motorbike, put on your passenger helmet (in stead of safety belt) and off you go (not that I’ve tried it … yet … toemaar, ek sal nie ma). Or you can make use of the minibus typical African taxis, as seen in this pic. Very few people have cars. In fact, the roads are so quiet, that people walk in the road until they are hooted to make way. There are also no speed limit signs, as the pedestrian hazards, the quality of road and the lack of street lights kindly regulates speed by itself. Yes, there are no street lights outside towns, even if it’s a highway. And in some parts roads have so many pot holes that your speed averages only 30km/hr. For example, it took us 4 hours to drive 240km! This is now talking about the tar roads, not even to speak about smaller roads to remote villages. Those roads are so bad, your top speed is 20km, making a 2 hour journey of just 40km. I definitely don’t have enough patience yet to be a driver on these roads.