Umwaka mwiza! (1)

The “Happy new year!” greeting is used almost as much in Rwanda in Scotland and even 5 days into January it is a common greeting. Our son has been visiting for the holidays and we spent both Christmas and new year in Uganda with Scottish friends and visited Queen Elizabeth National Park in between. We had a great time with Andrew and catching up with our friends, the animals and scenery were fantastic and we have had a short dry spell, but it required spending a lot of time on very bumpy Ugandan roads to get there and back.
All this has brought our departure from Rwanda into focus : it is still 6 months away, but there has been so much in the last few weeks to remind us that this new year is one with a fairly definite first half and an almost completely unknown second half.