The papers are full of the M23 surrender in Kisoro. It appears they are asking for a ceasefire now to put an end to their rebellion which has been going on for nearly two years. Looks like this area where we have spent quite some time, may start to get back on the road to peace and safe existence for both countries.We stopped at the equator today , in a different place to last time. Did a bit of shopping in the little town and had lunch there. Half way throu...

Up at sparrows this morning, breakfast, truck packing and on the road by 6:30am. We all do extremely well with our timekeeping I have to say. We have never missed any deadlines, yet!We drive approx 1/2 hour to the Rwanda/Uganda border at Cyanika, a different point from where we entered. The formalities were over and done with in 1/2 an hour and we were back on the road again by 8:30am. Ok! Ok! I hear you say that timing doesn't add up. Top of the clas...

As we are still in Rehengeri , it was nice not to have to get up really early today, although I was still up at 6am doing washing and re-arranging my big pack and generally just bumming around!Some of the others had gone to the Diane Fossey memorial, which was up in the forest where she lived studying the great mountain gorillas years back. Without her, I am sure none of the gorillas would have survived poachers and Rwanda would not have the tourism or conserva...

Had an initial good sleep but seem to be in a pattern of waking after 4 hours or so and not wanting to go back to sleep. I'm sure it is something to do with the hard surfaces I sleep on. The mattress on this bed is the same slab of concrete found throughout East Africa and is the same as sleeping in the tent. I cannot wait to get home to my own bed with crispy cotton sheets!It has rained overnight so today will be a muddy affair, but who cares so long a...

Up at sparrows after a great sleep. Pack our lunch as we won't have time to stop for that today as we hit the road for a couple of hours and then stop at the border to complete our formalities to exit Uganda. That was only half an hour of queuing, but just as we completed the heavens opened and a huge rainstorm hit, small rivulets turned into ever increasing rivers it seemed and we were forced to crouch under cover till a lull allowed us to make a run for...