Arrival to Butare

We arrived in Butare this morning after an incredibly beautiful drive through the country. I'm not sure a camera will capture it well but I will have to ask the driver to stop for pictures on one of our trips here. We checked into Credo hotel (very basic, buts seems clean, safe and has hot water!) and then went to the hospital.

Of the three hospitals, this one is probably the least well equipped although the residents get more teaching from the staff in the ORs. We had a scary moment when we put a young girl to sleep and the ventilator would not work. Luckily we found an alternative ambu bag but very disturbing for Anita and I as the equipment seemed so foreign (really piece of multiple machines put together) and we are not sure that there would have been a good outcome if we were not there.

Dinner was at Hotel IBIS. Our pizzas were OK but the chocolate crepes were awesome. The Belgians definitely had at least one good influence on the country.

We are both off to bed early as we having been feeling a little bit under the weather. I'm on the mend but it seems that Anita is just getting the worst of it. Hopefully she will get better as fast as I have so that we continue with our plan to hike to the monkeys and chimpanzees on Saturday.

Janice and Anita