Day 5: Lunch

This afternoon I walked to Camellia again to buy my lunch. The other staff told me again to let the cleaner go, but I told them I need the walk.

In today's pot I put tomatoes, spiced rice, chips, a sort of root vegetable mush, fried plantain (yum!), fried fish, a piece of the meat with carrot inside, and some peanut sauce (which you can see at the top edge). I picked up my usual two miniature bananas, and the packing man had an orange ready for me. He's very particular about wrapping the bananas and orange up in tissue, and the fork. In fact, the Rwandans that I've met so far, do seem quite attentive and careful. The meal cost me the usual 2,800frw, and I bought a mango juice from the shop across the road for 500frw (which I believe is a bit expensive) (50p).

Here is a rubbish photograph of the outside of Camellia. Today as I was on the approach, a little boy ran towards me, then walked the remaining few metres to the restaurant with me talking in Kinyarwanda at me. I don't know what he was saying.

I learnt in the office that when somebody says bite (hi), you should reply byza. And that amakuru (news) can also mean do you have any news? or whassup, to which you should reply imeza.


Summary of words learnt today:

byza = hi
amakuru = whassup
imeza = whassup in return