Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Day of rest today! Up kind of early relaxed, had breakfast, and lay on the beach! We went to the hot springs which are very near our hotel. They were so cool! People were using the water to bathe in, to make tea with, and to use for cooking. They said that the government is continually testing the water for safety. It was very neat to see the water bubbling up from the earth – there's so much about our planet that I will never understand! Then we relaxed by the lake some more and headed in to Rubavu for the market. Also, a couple of the girls go their hair braided...it looks awesome! I was jealous there was only time for 3 right now! Then we went and saw the DRC border again. We wanted to jump across so bad! It was crazy that we could actually see Goma! We had stopped at one of the more touristy markets on Sunday and they had igisoro (the game) but it didn't have a design on the outside so I was going to wait and buy it later. When we stopped there again they had it for cheaper and with GORILLAS!! I was SO excited! And then when Guillaume set it up and found out I really did know how to play he was SO impressed! It was funny, he was very proud! We had supper in town again, and I even beat him one game! We had fun. Then when we got back to the hotel Josh and Nakeesha wanted to play since they had learned from watching us. We had a blast!