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Rwanda: Get around - it's safe
Getting around Rwanda is cheap. You could use taxis but for fun I used mini buses, the local bus, bike-boys and motorbike-boys. They are very cheap. You can book the mini bus the day before and they do turn up on time. You need to be there 15 mins before. If you get there just on time they may have sold you seat to someone else. They do cram you in and many Rwandese do not use deodorant. The buses are also crammed and I sat in a seat at the front on my own . But a very large man decided he wanted to sit next to me to talk. The motorbikes are very cheap and do not go very fast. They are licensed by the government and the driver gives you a helmet,. but my head got itchy after two trips like this. Don't know if it was the heat or something 'live' in the helmet from another passenger. The bikes are fine. You just sit on a wooden panier over the back wheel.. When it's bumpy and uphill you...
