Burundi
I have had a pretty amazingly good for the soul couple of days here, though for some reason I have felt uneasy the entire time. Having Lars and Bethany in from San Diego has been amazing. I needed to hang out with familiar faces and speak English at my normal pace more than I realized. Conversations on social justice, spirituality, politics, culture, language, media, health care, civil rights, the human condition, food, lack of food, land, lack of land, development, lack of development, beer, love, friends, family, passions and the dispassionate was like cool water to my weary soul.
Last night we went out to "karaoke", as Lars well described it, a cover band that plays a lot of African music that everyone is stoked on and your occasional "La Bamba". There seemed to be little age barriers and it was refreshing to be in a place where everyone was just relaxed and having a good time. Didn't catch the name of the place, but was one of the two places to be for after wedding parties (I saw 7 weddings yesterday alone).
Today we will be avoiding the regular muzungu hangouts and finding a coffee shop somewhere to continue our debriefings on the past 6 months of our lives that can sometimes feel like years. Tomorrow I'll hop a bus back to Kigali, and providing I do not plummet off a cliff, will start moving back towards the DRC.
The work I have seen here is good work, the people good people and I like the Burundi vibe in general.
I have had a pretty amazingly good for the soul couple of days here, though for some reason I have felt uneasy the entire time. Having Lars and Bethany in from San Diego has been amazing. I needed to hang out with familiar faces and speak English at my normal pace more than I realized. Conversations on social justice, spirituality, politics, culture, language, media, health care, civil rights, the human condition, food, lack of food, land, lack of land, development, lack of development, beer, love, friends, family, passions and the dispassionate was like cool water to my weary soul.
Last night we went out to "karaoke", as Lars well described it, a cover band that plays a lot of African music that everyone is stoked on and your occasional "La Bamba". There seemed to be little age barriers and it was refreshing to be in a place where everyone was just relaxed and having a good time. Didn't catch the name of the place, but was one of the two places to be for after wedding parties (I saw 7 weddings yesterday alone).
The work I have seen here is good work, the people good people and I like the Burundi vibe in general.
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No plummeting.....
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