I'm in the middle of traveling back to The States. Right now I'm in London. The day my money went missing I took a motorbike into town. During the ride I brainstormed a list of thigs I will miss about Rwanda. This is what I came up with as Kigali whizzed by, and I took in gulps of African air.
The look of mixed bewilderment and excitment when kids spot me
The views
Bargaining
walking everywhere
Standing out
The cool mornings and chilly evenings punctuated by a few hot hours mid-day
the people
the bananas
the taxi buses that stink of body odor
the dance clubs, and the dancers
working for amahoro
Rwanda's black tea, coffee, african tea
doing my laundry by hand
bucket showers
feeling like a princess every time I sleep with a mosquito net
fish kebabs
2 hour lunch breaks
waiting two hours for food and even longer for the bill (although inconvenient when hungry or in a hurry, it is a great time for conversation)
the sideways moon
kissing three times when you greet someone
holding hands
Being comfortable with unfamiliarity