My journey to work.

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Rwanda is ‘The land of 1000 hills’. Tarmac is limited to roads connecting towns. Therefore, to reach 95% of my schools I must ride on the back of a motorbike on unmade roads, footpaths or goat tracks for between 3/4 hour and 2 hours. I trust my driver totally but there are moments when I am sure we will have to get off and walk.The cross country went on for 85 minutes. After 60 minutes my shaken up bladder was sending alarm calls. My back was not enjoying the boulders and ditches. Every time a building appeared I wondered if it might be the destination school but I had countless disappointments as we bounced past. Finally, when we arrived the headteacher took 20 minutes to fetch the key for the school’s one toilet. Rwandan adults and children don’t seem to need to eat, drink or wee!