Kisoro to Kigali
It was time to head back to Kigali, but we first stopped off for lunch. The driver initially brought me to a tourist restaurant, but I requested local food instead. So we went to a buffet style restaurant that mainly served locals. For lunch, I had: mashed green banana, posho or ugali (white cornmeal mush), boiled Irish and African sweet potato, cooked peas, stewed red beans, yellow rice, stewed cabbage and chicken. The portion was quite large and the food was delicious. The mashed green banana was my favorite item, but I didn't love the posho or sweet potato. I'll admit the chicken was a bit tough, but everything tasted great. Lunch cost a total of 13,000 UGX per person, roughly $3.50 US, and was one of my favorite meals on the trip.
Somehow I ended up paying for lunch for the driver, even though it was supposed to be included in the tour price. The money made no difference in my life, so I didn't mention it.
Lunch
We then headed to the border to complete the same formalities in reverse. I also exchanged some more Francs for a variety of Shillings to keep as a memento. This time I knew the exchange rate, so I made out a lot better. On the way to Kigali, we witnessed a group of Rwandan people performing the gutwikurura tradition, which involves a procession of people bringing gifts to a newly married couple.
Gutwikurura
Gutwikurura
Gutwikurura
Gutwikurura
The return trip took around 3.5 hours and we made it back to the Kigali Marriott around 6:30PM. It'd been a long 15 hour day, so I was really glad to be back.