Our friend Jean came to visit. It was great to see her! Here are some pics from a guided walk we did in Nyungwe forest, an hour from home.
You can see Nyungwe in the distance
We learnt about the local uses of many of the plants. Very interesting! One is even said to cure amoebae: a research project in the making for Tim? The forest rangers now collect seeds from these plants to give to people to grow for medicines so that they do not need to gather them from the forest; a great idea!
It’s rainy season, and there has been flooding in many parts of the country recently. Many houses made with mud bricks have collapsed. The power and speed of the waterfall in the forest made me dizzy! In the dry season it is, apparently, quite small.
The swamp that feeds directly into this waterfall has a story to its name. In the past when men hunted elephants, if the elephant reached the swamp it could move so much faster that they gave up, saying, “That elephant was swallowed by the swamp.” The swamp became Elephant Swallow. Thus this is Elephant Swallow Waterfall.
After a beautiful morning walking, as we drove home in the afternoon the expected daily rain began to fall in patches.
