Border Crossing

Traveling between countries is always an adventure, however this is the first time I have driven across a border. Receiving basic instructions as we rolled to a stop just inside the first barrier, we stumbled off the bus with our "border buddies" and began the paperwork to transition over to our new home.

Encountering an empty crossing, we proceeded with ease, yet we weren't home free yet.

Climbing back on the bus and settling in for the final few hours drive to Kigali having officially entered Rwanda, our bus was stopped by an official just as we were pulling away from the border. In a concerted effort to come off as incredibly friendly tourists we all greeted him warmly and smiled brightly as he asked to see our passports, this is what he saw...



...it is a good thing he wasn't American, because our overeagerness to please certainly would have caused a complete search of the bus. Instead he waved us on, walking away with a smile.