And finally Kigali

Thankfully monday night in Bujumbura passed wtithout incident from either gunfire or artillery and we were able to sleep till 5:30. Our plan for the final leg of our trip was to head north on the Kigali-Bujumbura road in a taxi. we spoke to our hosts about this idea because a british girl was killed doing the same trip several years ago. We were assured that there hadn't been any ambushes on that road for about year now and that it should be safe enough. however they did warn us that there had been rumours of a rebel offensive in the coming weeks and that the bus went right through the heart of the rebel stronghold.
In spite of this everyone agreed that we were unlikely to be attacked on the road, so we boarded a taxi and headed north. As we soon discovered, a rebel attack would have been the least of our problems, since our taxi driver seemed to have a death wish. it was the most scary drive of my life. He drove so fast that our tires screeched, he overtook on blind corners and at one point he was so busy texting that he drove right through a police check point. Something that could end in the police opening fire on us. Purely by the grace of God we reached the border with Rwanda at about 11. We then had to queue for an hour to get our passports stamped, during which time I was taken out of the line and taken to the back by a Burundi police officer for no reason!!!
Once our passports were stamped, we then sat down beneath some trees and listened to the people around talk about us (since there are so few westerners who speak Kirundi/Ikinyarwanda, most people assume that you do not understand them). Eventually dad turned around and we chatted to them for about half an hour, suring which time I had a number of marriage proposals. None of which I accepted.
We then crossed the border to the rwanda side, got through customs and once everything was sorted jumped back onto the taxi for part 2 of our drive in the taxi from hell. Luckily it seems that our driver had heard that rwandan police do crack down on speeding, so the drive up to Kigali was far less eventful.
We finally arrived in Kigali at around 2, to be met by a number of close friends.
Well, the actual trip has finally come to a exhauting end. However I will try to post some more news whenever anything eventful happens. Thanks to all who have taken the time to rad it.
Take care
Chris