The last day...

A huge day today. We travelled to near the border with Burundi, to a town called Butare. On the way we visited a hilltop school, where mayhem ensued...






In Butare, we split into two crews, covering the university campus and a local highschool. Ben, BJ and I (with the help of Jean-Paul, our translator) interviewed students on their views of the way forward for Rwanda. They had excellent comments to make that will help tie together the many diverse parts we had recorded up to today.

A few other pics from today:





Some thoughts from Lyn:
The guys went on to the Rwandan national museum in Butare after the filming today and then had their first encounter with the police thanks to Ben. driving through the breathtakingly beautiful "country side" today on the way home from Butare I realized how much this country has left a mark on my heart. I don't think I ever had the time before to actually consider what impact it has made and I'm sure all of us have only just begun our discovery process. We travel tomorrow but not until we do one more shoot...working right up until the very hour we leave, (it simply follows suit for the rest of our time here). We all look forward to sharing this experience with you. Things we're looking forward to:
Red Robin french fries
Warm showers
Chai with friends
My own bed (trev)...these are better
Broadband internet
N. American bathrooms
Cars with suspension
Good friends

Things we'll miss:
Good friends
Thunder storms/Clouds/Rain on tin roofs
Cute kids
Crazy traffic
Cool night sounds
"The compound" - Our home away from home
Beautiful people
Samosas and chapatis
Trev's 20D
Humorous newspaper headlines
And how could we forget...ping pong

Thanks so much for following with us on our journey through Rwanda. We have learned a lot about what to do and what not to do. and of course I'm sure Trev will keep this blog going a long time as we plan on beginning editing towards the end of the summer so stay tuned...peace out from Rwanda