{"id":32342,"date":"2023-03-02T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/?p=32342"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:42:07","slug":"rwanda-uganda-gravel-bikepacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/en\/rwanda-uganda-gravel-bikepacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, Uganda and two muzungu on gravels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Rwanda, Uganda and two muzungu on gravel bikes\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2NdLusIGnvPWB2tB8Kb638?si=C0qimGSGQuaFbj6p5Uuw8A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>Make sure they don&#039;t eat you there<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>is the most common phrase I&#039;ve heard whenever I mentioned plans to cycle around East Africa. Let&#039;s face it - apart from safari trips that close you in a tight bubble of luxury, this is not a very popular topic. Especially in the context of bikepacking. As a classic representative of the Praga community, I associate Uganda very well: with Ebola, hunger, poverty, HIV, the Negro Bambo, gorillas, lions, malaria, fever, bleeding eye sockets and diarrhea. Rwanda reminds me of nothing. Except, of course, genocide, which I will try not to refer to in the entry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post has a lot of potential to be full of hypocrisy, ignorance and pushing for some higher messages. I will try to avoid it and focus only on the adventure itself, but please bear with me. If you hear &quot;Muzungu!&quot; several thousand times a day for several days, (meaning white man) towards you, it&#039;s hard to switch to thinking that skin color is not mentioned. Before leaving, I would probably be afraid to write &quot;Murzynek Bambo&quot; in the previous paragraph. It&#039;s also hard to write about driving through a forest where trees are planted with children screaming &quot;throw the banana!&quot; in such a way that none of the readers will feel offended, and this is a true story. I also would not like the trip to be perceived as &quot;let&#039;s see some poverty&quot;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So hold on and let&#039;s go. But first, some logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"koszty\"><strong><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Costs.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights from Berlin to Kigali via Istanbul are PLN 2,435 return. As I write these words, most calls cost around 500 euros. Who would have expected that the thieving Turkish Airlines will charge us for bicycles on all 4 flights, adding a total of PLN 760 to the cost of the ticket ... However, this will not be the biggest cheating of a Turk on a Pole on this trip, the real big one will come only on the way back. Mr. Turek, I will not forget this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the minimum option, including sleeping in civilized accommodation where possible, eating in stores that we can find by chance and dinners in restaurants ... if any. Which, of course, does not mean that we eat and sleep civilized. We only get vaccinated for what is necessary, and we fly from Berlin, because it is the cheapest. Generally an &quot;onion with a bit of dignity&quot; option. If we only used the tent, ate grass and drank water from a puddle, the trip would be between PLN 1000-1500 less (and would not be much less comfortable). If we had driven with a lot of dignity, it would have been PLN 1,000 more. If we wanted the luxury of a typical white tourist from these regions, and decided to take advantage of a few local attractions such as walks and animal observations, we can easily add a dozen to tens of thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the price, I can&#039;t answer. The cost of the most basic things, such as dried mini-donuts without sugar, sesame seeds, or peanuts or bananas, are ridiculously low, especially in Uganda, but &quot;western&quot; products can be significantly more expensive than in our country, especially in the tourist area. Let&#039;s make a deal - if you earn PLN 600 a month, you don&#039;t buy Coke and Pringles. The price is not set for <em>lokals\u00f3w<\/em>. In Kigali, prices in restaurants are similar to those in Warsaw (only lower quality). The costs on the spot include, for example, 300 km traveled by minibuses through Uganda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flights (including the cost of the bike: PLN 758.50) \u2013 <strong>PLN 3,193.50<\/strong><br>flix bus \u2013 <strong>PLN 217.98<\/strong><br>vaccination - <strong>PLN 260.00<\/strong><br>malarone- <strong>PLN 159.39<\/strong><br>travel insurance - <strong>PLN 103.00<\/strong><br>visa (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya) \u2013 <strong>PLN 442.74<\/strong><br>RWANDA on site \u2013 <strong>PLN 1267.57<\/strong><br>UGANDA on site - <strong>PLN 766.34<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">TOTAL: PLN 6,410.52<\/span><\/span><br><\/strong><em>departure: February 7, 2023 (Tuesday after work), return: February 20, 2023 (Monday before work)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Equipment.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 59%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The bike is as usual <strong>Factor Vista<\/strong> on SRAM Force eTAP AXS with tires <strong>Panaracer GravelKing&nbsp;<em>SS+<\/em><\/strong> 700x38C tubeless version. For our version of the route, the set seems perfect. What I really appreciate about it is that it&#039;s black and you can&#039;t tell that it costs several Ugandan minimum wages a year. A glowing, colorful Trek would certainly arouse more interest.<\/p>\n<p>A tent hangs at the front, an aluminum Tailfin rack is mounted at the back, an Apidura bag under the frame, a Decathlon feeder by the handlebar.<\/p>\n<p>The most common question, of course, is about glasses. <a href=\"https:\/\/trieye.com.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trieye<\/a> with a mirror is the best invention in the context of comfort and safety on a bike that I have touched. Dot. I am signing: Maciek Hop. I close the topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32570 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/327160681_722480379358607_1210577441953333882_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the things that were not useful even for one second: tent, mattress, down jacket, waterproof trousers, 27mm lens. As we didn&#039;t plan any breakdown on the way, nothing but a multitool to assemble the bike from the suitcase was not useful. Knowing what I know - I don&#039;t know if I would take the tent again. We were supposed to treat it as an emergency mosquito net for overnight stays, but as you can easily guess, we quickly switched from being responsible muzungu to YOLO mode. You spend the whole day in one week <em>googling<\/em> ways to avoid malaria and exotic diseases, in the next you sleep with the door open in the middle of Uganda&#039;s wild national park because you are warm. In your hand is an old donut bought on the side of the street - served, of course, with a dirty hand that has just carried dead (or sleeping) chickens. Perhaps if we had remained responsible muzungu, we would not have had to stop at the pharmacy pointing to our belly and seeing the smile of the pharmacist asking if <em>&quot;diarrhea?&quot;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As for the non-obvious things: I started riding in baggy shorts (Rapha Men&#039;s Explore Overshorts) plus padding pants (Assos Trail Liner - not as good as their shorts, but enough). In addition, one T-shirt (Pedaled Kaido) and two sweat boots, which I wear alternately. When it comes to hygiene, you know - one rain and everything is clean ;-)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-46a6abe707c9e8ff0b3a906b57b292af is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tailfin-z-tylu\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Tailfin on the back<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Clothes<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>towel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>spare socks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 pairs of panties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ultralight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sleeves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a T-shirt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 T-shirt with a long one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hotel slippers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mattress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>first aid kit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>deet 50%: ball and spray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>down jacket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>waterproof trousers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decathlon backpack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27mm converter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>luxury sleeping bag padding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pillow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>blinkers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hipster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7ffcc974f4dd06ea8f2e282168ac7dbb is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"podramowka\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>subframe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Accessories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>cable microusb + 3in1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>charger 33w<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2x patches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2x tube<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tire levers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tire strings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>multitool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lens cleaner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>spare hook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>charger stage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>valve fastener<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>card reader pin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4x small lamp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grease, soaps, fastener<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gels for bacteria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>powerbank 20k<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wallet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>yellow book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>passport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>covid certificate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sd card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-abe8783f97752222cf94e62b9007699f is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reszta\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Rest<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>On me and the bike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>pump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 water bottles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hammerhead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>glasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the camera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telephone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cycling jersey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shorts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trouser insert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>feeder: bars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>socks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gloves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a T-shirt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Preparation.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning anything in this area is a bit of a learning curve. Seriously. Finding information about Rwanda and neighboring countries in the context of cycling is not trivial - in any context: availability of accommodation, food, water, traffic on the roads, surfaces, routing. So we decide to go in YOLO mode. We draw several versions of the route and see what happens. We take a tent if it turns out that there are no accommodation. The route is based a bit on the ultra race: Race Across Rwanda, and a bit on what we find interesting. There is no Google Street View, no photos, no information - everything will be an unknown. It&#039;s a nice change from riding routes that you might as well follow on a computer, experiencing adventures that someone else has already experienced and eating in restaurants recommended on the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1237\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-20-at-17.48.03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-20-at-17.48.03.jpg 1237w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-20-at-17.48.03-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-20-at-17.48.03-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-20-at-17.48.03-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1237px) 100vw, 1237px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our plan to visit neighboring countries was quickly ruined. For the first time I consulted it with random people on the Internet and it turned out that:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>East<\/strong>: We can go to Tanzania, but the part we choose will have to be hitchhiked, because no one will let us into the parks through which the main roads lead. In hindsight, maybe it&#039;s better. I saw The Lion King and I know what happens to animals that a man on a bicycle resembles from a distance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>South<\/strong>: Burundi, the poorest country in the world. Quarantine, covid, very unstable situation at the border with Rwanda - not the best idea. Our drive through the Nyungwe Forest, which forms the border between these countries, clearly shows that the volatile situation there has a different meaning than the volatile situation here. A few months before our visit, a civilian bus was shot at in the aforementioned forest and a grenade was thrown into it as a farewell. They don&#039;t let us forget it, hundreds of armed soldiers stationed along this road. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>West<\/strong>: Congo (more precisely the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because Congo is a different country) - visa, covid test and one of those places in the world you definitely don&#039;t want to visit - at least according to everyone we ask. Congo&#039;s poverty and problems are even more striking when we realize how much Western countries rely on the exploitation of cobalt mining in Congo. There is a good chance, close to certainty, that the electrical equipment you have next to you works thanks to some child who, in flip-flops, hammers with a pickaxe in a mine in a city without electricity for minimal money.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Midnight<\/strong>: Uganda - additional visa, although an extra $50 doesn&#039;t seem like a lot of money for seeing something, potentially, different. So we buy a visa at the airport in Rwanda. We get the opportunity to enter Kenya for free, but we both know that if we get there, it means that something has gone very wrong.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The main advantage is the fact that there is not a single place that we mark ourselves as <em>\u201cthis is what I would like to see\u201d<\/em>. The plan is to drive 1000km - 1300km. Without unnecessary haste, with the possibility of stopping along the way, chatting somewhere, eating something sensible, something like a vacation. From the assumptions that have been achieved, only the distance agrees ;-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Let&#039;s face it, between Norway, Poland and the Canaries the differences in the landscape are drastic, but it&#039;s still a bit &quot;the same&quot;. At most, the sandwich is called a panini or a bocadillo. Africa is not the same.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes us the longest to discuss whether to protect ourselves with tablets against malaria - we are somewhat deterred by potential side effects. But I visualize myself in the hospital telling the doctor: <em>&quot;I missed a few hundred and I was afraid of diarrhea&quot;<\/em> \u2013 this is enough to buy a dozen pills <em>Malarone<\/em>. The pharmacological savings are transferred to vaccines - we take only the mandatory yellow fever, ignoring at least a few others recommended. We have also ignored them in the past, and consistency is the most important thing. If I haven&#039;t removed the previous sentence from the post yet, it means that the approach is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\">A 10-point shortcut for those who don&#039;t like to read.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This is no place for pee panties<\/span><\/strong>. This is an important point. Morocco wasn&#039;t like that for pee-pants either, but here it is <strong>more<\/strong>. You can be a pee pant if you go on vacation to a hotel for 1k$ per night and go on a gorilla tracking safari for 1.5k$ per night. It&#039;s hard to be comfortable here <em>bundle<\/em> by bike.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>Although maybe this is a place for pee panties, because, if you&#039;ll excuse me, it&#039;s almost impossible to take a piss by the road in Rwanda. Unless you like it when foreign children look at you when you pee. <br><br><\/li>\n<li>Because there are so many children in Rwanda that there can be no more. They are everywhere (with minor exceptions such as the aforementioned Nyungwe Forest) - in tens or hundreds, always. If you stand on the edge of the most side road, where you can&#039;t see any people or buildings, you need about 5 seconds to become Robin Williams from Hook. Babies appear at an exponential rate. They fall out of the tree, they grow out of the track, they come out of ditches, they fly out of the sky, they crawl out of the saddle, they stick their heads out of your backpack and pants pocket. If you&#039;re lucky, they&#039;ll look at you like a UFO, and if it&#039;s a place where a white tourist was once heard, they&#039;ll shout &quot;Give me my money!&quot; or &quot;Give me a pen for writing!&quot;.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>I don&#039;t know if there are better asphalts in the world with less traffic than in Rwanda (although Uganda has nothing to be ashamed of here). There may not be many asphalt roads, but enough to go around the whole country. The surface is perfect, almost zero traffic - even on country roads. It gets a bit denser in close proximity to big cities, but no drama. On the classic country road, an average of one combustion vehicle passes us every few minutes. Usually a local bus, sometimes a truck. If there are 9 million bicycles in Beijing, there are certainly many more here per square meter. The bike transports everything and everywhere (especially things that did not fit on the head). It is normal to see a bicycle taxi flying with a passenger in the back at 60km\/h+.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>These asphalts are also the biggest lie in the area. Both in photos and in real life. For some reason, probably habit, a person assumes that when driving on perfect asphalt, one is in civilization. This is not true here. It is enough to turn into any block to discover that this asphalt (supposedly built in 70% by the Chinese) is a piece of another world. Two meters further there is gravel, mud, bridges made of wooden beams. The fact that you are driving on asphalt does not mean that shops, hotels or gas stations will suddenly appear. It takes a long time before we realize it. In our perception of the world, great asphalts really clash with local poverty.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>I have never been to such a clean country as Rwanda. Bright, <a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/en\/japonia-dla-niemajacych-czasu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you say japan<\/a> - really. But in Japan, you just need to go to the coast to see beaches full of garbage washed up by the ocean. In Rwanda, garbage simply does not exist. Maybe because plastic bags are banned, maybe because of a culture that doesn&#039;t allow littering, maybe because of that one day a month when the whole country cleans the area, or maybe because of people who do community service to receive free benefits from the state. In Uganda it is different - crossing the border is like leaving Austria to the Czech Mikulov. As locals explains to us: <em>&quot;we don&#039;t stick to the rules as rigidly as the Rwandans, everything is possible here&quot;<\/em>. He says it like we say &quot;we sort garbage, but not like in Austria&quot; - with a strong sense of superiority.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>The shops are there, but buried. However, it doesn&#039;t change anything, because the only useful thing from the store is Fanta and an old, dried up sugar-free donut - almost crunchy. So dry that after the first bite comes dehydration of the body. With luck, there will also be water. As you might guess, in areas of severe poverty, bottled water or a sandwich are not particularly popular. There are also few places that I would describe as &quot;a bar where I dare to eat something, even when I am very hungry&quot;. And even if we dare, it is mainly rice that is suitable for eating, because most meat consists of bones and skin. Most of the time we go hungry, and we don&#039;t even drink water. I have an irresistible impression that by drinking Coke and Fanta alternately, I became addicted to sugar.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>This makes driving difficult. The photos slightly distort the situation, because in fact - almost all the time the air is heavily foggy, which makes it seem that the sun does not burn so much. I will say this, however, bluntly - at times it is FILLING hot. I was driving <a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/en\/ameryka-wakacje-ostateczne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">folding around Death Valley <\/a>I have some comparison there. Although we rarely go below 1400 meters above sea level. I don&#039;t know why it should be any different, especially when we cross the equator. Let&#039;s make a deal - it&#039;s possible to drive at temperatures above 40 degrees for some time, but in the long run it is a nuisance. Especially on hot asphalt and with the sun blazing perfectly from above - one that does not give a shadow anywhere. An additional difficulty is the lack of a way out of the goal situation when the body is already slightly overheated. There is no shade, there is no air-conditioned room, ice has never been seen in the area - a ride without giving up.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>Rwanda is considered one of the safest countries in the world <em>solo travel<\/em>. I don&#039;t know how true it is, but both in it and in Uganda we feel extremely safe. We have exactly zero dangerous situations and maybe one uncomfortable one. Uncomfortable is uncomfortable only for us, because for the soldiers <em>laughing<\/em>that we could leave our bikes with them was probably pretty funny. It would have amused us too, if it weren&#039;t for the huge guns. People are incredibly friendly and helpful, and the only thing that can cause a problem is excessive interest in us and the willingness of taxi drivers to pay for help - sometimes even used. And the fact that if you start the conversation yourself, they act like <em>cellar<\/em>, which was approached by a girl 10\/10. When they heal, the situation is trouble-free. Almost everyone could communicate in English.<br><br><\/li>\n<li>If someone asks me if I recommend the area for bikepacking - I will answer simply: <strong>NO<\/strong>. While I sometimes wonder why someone chooses a holiday in Calpe for the 7th time in a row, instead of seeing a bit of the world, in this case I completely understand it. A visit to East Africa takes its toll on the psyche and perception of the world. This is not a holiday in the common sense of the word. It&#039;s hard, intense, completely different. <br><br><strong>It is worth experiencing, but I will not take responsibility for recommending these places to anyone. <\/strong>I liked it very much, but after 10 days I also really wanted to be home. Though I don&#039;t know if &quot;liked&quot; is the right word. I am currently in a dilemma whether I would like to go back there. A bit like those lions in the trees, what I wanted to see them from the perspective of the bike. I kind of wanted to, but when it came down to it, I preferred not to have them.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sprzet\"><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Day 0.<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Late everywhere, for everything<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very good connection from Warsaw to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Only I don&#039;t use it because I&#039;m an onion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We leave the house on Thursday late evening. Somehow after 11 pm we get on the Flixbus, which takes us straight from the West to the airport in Berlin. Except for the slightly contorted expression on the driver&#039;s face announcing that <em>&quot;well, since they sold you tickets for such cartons, I have to take them&quot;<\/em> and a classic wit in style <em>&quot;Do you take TVs? he he he&quot;<\/em> there is no major problem with the bike-bus connection. We are in Berlin somewhere after 7 - four hours before departure. The SMS informs us two hours later that there are still four hours until departure, and another two hours later - also four. When we are sitting in a comfortable Turkish Airlines Boeing and counting how much time it will be for a change in Istanbul, the pilot informs us that we will stay for another hour, because there is a snowstorm in Turkey. Classic - Turkey is known for snowing there. Our calculations clearly indicate that it will take about 15 minutes from landing to the next departure. For someone who has never been to Istanbul Airport, this seems doable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And indeed, for us it is. This is no small merit of the man who led us between the planes by airport shortcuts known only to him. He was probably the fastest walking man in the world. A man who greeted landings with joyful commands: &quot;wait, go, run.&quot; We hit the &quot;wait&quot; only to make up for the wait together with Korzeniowski&#039;s walk from Athens in 2004. We board the plane with a heart rate of 160 and only the captain welcoming us on board the flight to Entebbe (Uganda) instead of Kigali (Rwanda) worries us a bit. Not so much that we&#039;re particularly concerned about it, but still. It doesn&#039;t matter because we&#039;re too tired to ask or leave. As it turns out, we just get off during the stopover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We check in at the airport in Kigali around 2 am - well over a day from leaving the apartment in Praga. Of course, our bikes do not check in there, because they were not able to go between planes so quickly. Well, if you don&#039;t have legs, you don&#039;t have such opportunities. Half success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 1. <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8533072262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food<\/a>)<br>30 kilometers in SPDs around Kigali<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the airport to the hotel we have about 2 minutes. It&#039;s not the cheapest, but it&#039;s not particularly good either. however, when you go through the airport gate, you enter straight into it: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/rw\/avisha-town.en.html?aid=1595497&amp;no_rooms=1&amp;group_adults=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Avisha Town Hotel<\/a> (40$\/night for two people). It was a good choice considering the walk with cardboard boxes. The only problem is that we go without these cardboard boxes - this means not only no bikes, but also the lack of practically everything: from clothes to mosquito repellents. All we have to do is keep our fingers crossed that they will arrive on the next flight (i.e. 24 hours later).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_5c9154-58{margin:-1px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_5c9154-58 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:1px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_5c9154-58 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_5c9154-58 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_5c9154-58 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_5c9154-58 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"3\" data-columns-xl=\"3\" data-columns-md=\"3\" 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style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32420\" class=\"wp-image-32420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6352-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32422\" class=\"wp-image-32422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6356-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 43%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As I mentioned before, we are very good at resting. Micha\u0142 in SPDs walks with me about 30 kilometers around the city. We visit the center, the finish line of the Race Around Rwanda and a few completely random places in search of food. On the way back, we end up at KFC, because being in Africa and not eating chicken at KFC is ... as it turns out, a very good idea: it is more expensive and worse than in Poland. An evening visit to the shops makes us realize that it will not be easy. We are starting a nearly two-week festival of eating carton juice, sesame seeds and dry yeast dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our supplies from the country ran out surprisingly quickly. It&#039;s amazing that no matter how much food we take with us, it always disappears on the journey to the starting point. This time there was so much that I got a free donut at the local bakery when the lady heard my order. She was sure we were going to finally solve the famine crisis in Africa with her pancakes. Interestingly, there was also no trip from which the Lidl bars would not return with us. No matter how hungry we are, there is always an emergency bar for a rainy day. If they ever find us starving to death by the side of the road, the rainy day bar in the pocket will still be unopened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32424 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6374.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_98220b-f0{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_98220b-f0 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_98220b-f0 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_98220b-f0 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_98220b-f0 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_98220b-f0 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32414\" class=\"wp-image-32414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6349-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32416\" class=\"wp-image-32416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6363-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the city, we meet some guy who tells us that Rwanda is great and it&#039;s a wonderful country. Everyone we meet says so. In addition, he associates Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa, John Paul II and Lewandowski. He adds that he has HIV and has just come from the doctor, because he has to take mandatory free drugs every day. In the end, he asks to buy fruit juice, because he supposedly needs it for treatment, and it costs a dozen or so zlotys, which seems like cosmic money in local conditions and we don&#039;t necessarily believe him. In fact, a liter of juice starts from PLN 8 - the cheapest one. This is the only time we give someone money &quot;for nothing&quot; in Rwanda. Unaware of the currency, we give him less than PLN 3 - he says that it is a lot of money for him, thank you very much. In addition, we also straighten his idea of Europe, saying that it is not as clean and safe here as in theirs. Of course he doesn&#039;t believe us. He mentions that he is 52 years old, so he is already very old. In fact, the current situation is much better, but the average life expectancy in 1998 Rwanda was only 41 years (<strong>in the unfortunate 1994, only 14!<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also agree with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pikopulawski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piko Pulawski<\/a>who finished the race so long ago that his stories contain only positives. We need to filter statements describing potential MTB and hike-a-bike sections as &quot;very cool, but I could be more than 35mm&quot;. Not with me these tricks! I was a blogger, I can find the second bottom of a statement! So we modify our itinerary a bit. We&#039;re on vacation, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6367-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What is most characteristic in Kigali is cleanliness, the number of scooters, the number of people on bicycles and wearing everything on their heads ... and also impossible. We spend the evening refreshing the page showing the status of our bicycle luggage. The more we refresh it, the more they look for them. According to her, the search continues until now. For the rest of the evening I get messages on Instagram that I had to attach the AirTag to my bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 2.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8538229832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Probably the warmest day of my life\u2026so far.<strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bikes showed up at the airport in the morning, we are saved. We leave the cardboard boxes with civilian clothes in the hotel (no problem with that) and set off on the road. That is, first for breakfast. Let me say this: even though almost everyone speaks English, it&#039;s really not easy to communicate. Because everything is OK, there is no problem with anything, everything will be as the tourist wishes. If a tourist wishes to have breakfast, he must specify what exactly he wants for breakfast and at what time. The choice is free, provided that it hits exactly what is available. On this day, we learn to always order &quot;Spanish omelette and African tea (the best drink in the world)&quot; - then everyone is happy. As for the hour, we&#039;ll &quot;schedule for 8&quot;, but it will be as it is. The level of ma\u00f1ana approach here is much stronger than in Spain. I&#039;d say he leans more towards Jamaican with a blunt in his hand. I have the distinct impression that <em>local guys<\/em> have a heart rate of around 30-35. This explains their behavior and form on the climbs. It&#039;s normal for a guy on a 40-kilogram bike, riding uphill in flip-flops, to overtake you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_7fb345-77{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_7fb345-77 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_7fb345-77 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_7fb345-77 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_7fb345-77 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_7fb345-77 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"3\" data-columns-xl=\"3\" data-columns-md=\"3\" 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32435\" class=\"wp-image-32435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6391-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32437\" class=\"wp-image-32437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6390-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s something like this: the two of us have a bit of cycling experience - we&#039;ve been to places, we&#039;ve ridden routes, we&#039;ve been coping in life. We are two quite reasonable, responsible men over 40 with the appropriate baggage of experience for such trips. Therefore, when the husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alamakola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alina<\/a>, whom we come to support in the morning at the finish line, mentions something about sunscreen, the difficulty of buying it (local people somehow don&#039;t necessarily seem to use it or even know it) and the heat, we ignore his message. After all, we had been walking around the city the day before and we were fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We laugh, of course, that in agony we will remember these words in some time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And indeed it is. However, man has lived his own life and knows his own. In the evening we are red, the next day we are in blisters, the next day we are in holes, and the next day I have to ride in sleeves in 40-degree heat, so as not to die first, and to not be burned at the stake for carrying a potentially terrible disease. Yes, even though the mist is still there - the sun is burning. Well, who would expect people dark as pitch in the country, somewhere under the equator, at altitudes around 1500 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6414-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first day is hard, really. It consists of about 50 kilometers of asphalt (leaving the capital and then entering the city of Huye) and 100 kilometers of gravel driving. Everything is embellished with hills, of course, because after all, the country of a thousand hills. This &quot;country of a thousand hills&quot; is obviously a strong distortion - there are a hundred thousand of them, objectively speaking. 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451.jpg\" data-id=\"32441\" class=\"wp-image-32441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6451-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453.jpg\" data-id=\"32442\" class=\"wp-image-32442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6453-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>nowhere, never have there been so many bicycles and so few cars, on such good roads<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoever you are, you can&#039;t imagine how many people we pass along the way, especially children. There is no such possibility, the human mind does not embed so many kids in its imagination, villages so far from &quot;civilization&quot;. As we pass the first school off the tarmac, I hear only one shout of &quot;Muzungu!&quot;, and a few seconds later a crowd of small people runs towards me, shouting the exact same thing. These are countless numbers of people much smaller than the ones I know thanks to the apartment between the school and the kindergarten. This is a wave that, if it reached us, would engulf us. I feel like the pope in the popemobile. The cry of &quot;Muzungu!&quot; (meaning a white man) will accompany us in Rwanda constantly. Practically all the time. Up close, from afar, from the horizon, from the bushes, from the trees, from the houses, in the streets, in the forests, everywhere. We are like the image of the Virgin Mary appearing on a stone or like the blood flowing from Christ&#039;s eyes. Maybe I&#039;m exaggerating a bit... or maybe not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6467-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_d311ae-c8{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_d311ae-c8 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_d311ae-c8 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_d311ae-c8 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_d311ae-c8 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_d311ae-c8 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473.jpg\" data-id=\"32443\" class=\"wp-image-32443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6473.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474.jpg\" data-id=\"32444\" class=\"wp-image-32444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6474.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the route itself, it&#039;s perfect. Perfect asphalt, perfect gravel, only the temperature seems to be off the scale. Quite late, we realize that no shop has been seen for a long time. Because in fact, shops are not only basically non-existent, even if they exist - they are effectively hidden, and their food supply resembles a Ruch kiosk. The chance of a large bottled water is similar. I honestly admit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I&#039;ve never felt so warm anywhere<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>like on one of the gravel climbs on the first day. Even in the mountains of Morocco, when the clocks showed 54 degrees in the sun. One would like to say that <a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/en\/costampacking-tajlandia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this is not the hell we have overcome in Asia<\/a>but that&#039;s not true. Maybe it&#039;s the fact that we saw a snowstorm the day before, and it was preceded by two months of Polish winter - the brain didn&#039;t switch? Maybe the fact that it actually feels over 40 degrees, and we are still tired from traveling and walking. Maybe the moment when it became sensible to save water. Or maybe it just hit me that there was no escaping the heat here. Within a radius of many kilometers, there is simply no way to hide from the heat. At such moments, I remember the title of the Bond movie (because that&#039;s all my steaming brain can afford): <em>&quot;No time to die&quot;<\/em> and that&#039;s what I&#039;m focusing on. So far, whenever I resolved not to die, I succeeded. This time was no different. You could say that on this trip it was our main goal. After all, having an adventure is about not dying - it&#039;s simple. <em>I like being alive, I haven&#039;t been dead yet.<\/em> But I&#039;m often in the imagination because<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>surprisingly often we pass groups of people with machetes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that stereotypes, like the feeling in Morocco that everyone next to you is a terrorist. However, there is something disturbing about a group of people carefully watching you, so dark that you can&#039;t see the expression on their faces, with machetes in their hands. Machetes are as popular as netting in some regions. We get used to them over time. However, we are constantly amused by the vision of moving one of these types in a tracksuit or even the whole group, for example, to the Rotunda. do you get it? You leave the subway on Monday 8:13 and walk straight into seven guys straight from Africa, machetes in hand. They look at you intently and then there is a hiss and <em>&quot;tsssss, Muzungu, how you doin&#039;?!&quot;<\/em>. Hissing is some kind of ours <em>&quot;hey guest!&quot;<\/em>. Until now, my life strategy for such situations was to throw my wallet and iPhone in the face and martial arts <em>run away<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrive at the store about six hours&#039; drive. From the perspective of the lady behind the counter, the situation looks more or less like in the song:<br><br><em>I&#039;m sitting in the store reminiscing about old times <\/em><br><em>I&#039;m about to close it, and here come two white guys<\/em><br><em>One higher the other a little lower sweatshirts hoods whites without money <\/em><br><em>What do you want is how can I help you <\/em><br><em>I talk to them even though I think I&#039;m already home <\/em><br><em>The smaller son from under the hat tells me that they are looking for ...<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn&#039;t matter what they&#039;re looking for. They will buy exactly the same as tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in 5 days and in 9 days: fried balls of yeast dough and Fanta (or Coke in the case of better equipped stores). Empty bottles are immediately used by the watching kids. Such an invention as a dumpster does not seem to be needed here, so we usually leave the remains to the saleswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6479-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We pass many beautiful places on beautiful, gravel roads. We reach Huye (he he he), the first major city where there is any chance for a sensible accommodation and sensible food, we reach after dark. That&#039;s over 150 kilometers covered in 8 hours (plus stops). Same thing again, we&#039;re not going on vacation again. We blame Turkish Airlines, which took one day from our lives, but we know very well that this is not it. Although there was no alternative. I can&#039;t imagine pitching a tent anywhere along the way (except for the fact that we would starve to death, which is not part of the survival plan). Maybe if you found a fenced property, a school closed for the night (because while poverty is great, schools and everything related to them represent standards from another world), somehow it would pass. However, pitching a tent in any of the places we passed would create a circle of children seen from space, and the battery in the gears would run out around midnight from small, clicking fingers on the shifters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6519-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6506-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6506.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515.jpg\" data-id=\"32451\" class=\"wp-image-32451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6515.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We sleep in the Mont Huye hotel because, as befits serious people, we think the name is funny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the best hotel of this trip, and also connected to the restaurant. There is even something resembling a supermarket opposite, but we are bouncing off the prices. Coke for PLN 20, chips for a dozen ... and there&#039;s not much else there. So we buy water and a supply of yeast dough balls that will make us 100 kilometers away. We are followed in the shop by a lady whose job it is to carry our basket, but to the consternation of everyone, we do not agree to it. We have no problem with carrying extra things. I do not know if I have already mentioned that Micha\u0142, for example, carries a Kindle reader in the middle pocket of his shirt for the entire 1200 km. Let me remind you that we are people who can forget tire levers on a trip, because &quot;I thought you would take it&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a restaurant in the hotel, that&#039;s a great thing. The best on the whole trip. The lady waitress quickly reminds us of communication problems. We ask for something big and fast, because our biggest dream is to go to sleep full. The lady says here is the menu and here are the waiting times. I ask if he can advise something and what will be soon. The lady says here is the menu and here are the times. We take two pizzas and two pastas. It takes a while to translate that it&#039;s about pasta and pizza per head, i.e. 4 dishes for two people. After 80 minutes of waiting, we start to suspect that the times on the menu add up. From the moment we sit down at the table to the moment we land in the room, 2 hours pass. Fortunately, the next day will be\u2026 even longer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 3.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8544009941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>That&#039;s a bit moist<strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the so-called &quot;day with potential&quot;. We start in the morning, right after eating &quot;Spanish omelette and African tea&quot;. The route initially leads us mainly through tea crops, hills, small villages and is quite flat for Rwandan conditions - at least for the first hour. We will spend the rest of the day at altitudes between 2 and 2.5k meters. Somewhere around the 3-hour drive, we even manage to stop at a food booth. We went from people who wash their hands everywhere pretty quickly to people who eat roadside grilled meat with their hands. We don&#039;t really have a choice, the next 70 kilometers is a rainforest with nothing. Why, knowing this, we ate dinner and did not refill the water bottles - I do not know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6537-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32456\" class=\"wp-image-32456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6559-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32459\" class=\"wp-image-32459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6554-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6566-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national park itself, i.e. the Nyungwe rainforest, is nothing special - at least from the perspective of people crossing it with an asphalt road. The main difference is that children have been replaced with armed soldiers who, thanks to camouflage, appear in the least expected moments, and there are many of them. Now I know that they are standing there for a reason - just a few months earlier a civilian bus was shot at here quite effectively (with rifles and grenades). From natural curiosities, there are also a lot of monkeys, gorillas and the farthest source of the Nile. This explains why the walking and cycling route on which we then descend is called <strong>Congo Nile Trail<\/strong>. At least partly, because where did Congo come from, I don&#039;t know to this day, since Congo is located on the other side of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Car traffic is practically nil. Really. However, those few vehicles that occasionally pass us have one thing in common, resulting from the fact that they either go very slowly uphill or very slowly downhill, to quote the classic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>it smokes like Grandma&#039;s bigos in a station bar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3b03dc-49{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3b03dc-49 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_3b03dc-49 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_3b03dc-49 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_3b03dc-49 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_3b03dc-49 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data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591.jpg\" data-id=\"32464\" class=\"wp-image-32464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6591-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6617-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I would write that the most interesting part of the trip is the visit to the &quot;Uwinka Visitor Center&quot;, but apart from the toilet and the possibility of filling the water bottle with water from a canister (payment only by credit card), there is nothing there - not even souvenirs. Fortunately, we have more attractions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>what would a rainforest be like if there was no rain in it?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Tropical rain is cool and it looks something like this: one second it&#039;s gone and 20 seconds later the lake is in the air. Fortunately, we were very good at geography: Micha\u0142 knows that such a rain is short and intense, and I know that the distance from the center of the storm can be calculated using the time distance between the flash and the thunder. Unfortunately, I do not manage to use this knowledge, because between the flash and the thunder I do not even have time to say &quot;they Mississippi&quot;. We hide somewhere on the side, we put the bikes in the ditch, which fills up surprisingly quickly. As I write this 2 weeks later, my passport still feels damp. In any case, with a very effective strategy of waiting, we beat the rain ... let&#039;s say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6661-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Magic happens, everything starts to evaporate, and the landscape, for the only time on this trip, is no longer foggy. Not only that - we enter the endless tea crops and the view is 10\/10. We enter the Kongo Nile Trail and for the next 150-200km we will ride along the lake, which of course does not mean that it will be flat. How it happened that passing a potential overnight stay on the 130th kilometer, I decided that it would be nice to drive another 10 or 20km - as usual, I don&#039;t know. As usual, we were misled by the asphalt suggesting that there is any tourist civilization around us - after all, we are driving by the lake. Well, it didn&#039;t exist. 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6731-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6731-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6731-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32476\" class=\"wp-image-32476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6746-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people we passed showed us that it was going to rain. <em>&quot;Great - thanks mug&quot;<\/em> would like to answer. This knowledge was extremely useful for us because it didn&#039;t change anything in our lives. Maybe apart from the fact that our pressure to find accommodation was growing very quickly. This time there was nowhere to hide as the rain became, to put it mildly, intense. Every roof, every building was effectively filled with kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We accosted a married couple walking along the road asking about any accommodation. We were probably the only people who could speak French, not English. From the French phrases available in my head, I could tell them about the baguette, ask them if they wanted some butter (greetings to the viewers <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QhRTnRfe8nQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have a wonderful years<\/a><\/em>) and ask if they want to go to bed with me. The latter would even make some sense, because if they wanted to, perhaps they would offer their bed - but what about Micha\u0142 then. Anyway, we thought they were showing us that there would be a hotel on the nearest hill. I don&#039;t know how we came up with it, but in this situation it seemed very comfortable. About 3 kilometers later, we actually saw a large, beautiful, new facility overlooking the lake. When we failed to get to it from the asphalt, it became clear that this is not a place to stay. It was a mistake, a lie, a mirage. A tired brain, however, does not process information so quickly. Maybe it&#039;s better, because instead of a hotel, we would go to a school for disabled children, which the building later turned out to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a fit of desperation, we drive up to a bus stop full of people. Before we can ask anything, we are almost put into the luggage compartment of a large, luxurious bus that just pulled up. I repeat the word hotel until someone picks up on the subject. It&#039;s a success, we hit a local one <em>all-embracing<\/em>. The guest says that maybe not a hotel, but there is accommodation, even with a restaurant. It leads us through the absolute countryside, to a place that, in the category of places where I would go myself to ask for accommodation, is somewhere between 1428 Elm Street and a sad pub of former murderers. When it comes to accommodation, it&#039;s good. From the pluses, I can mention, for example ... the roof. Of the minuses, the rest, although the key ones seem to be, for example, the distance between the bed and the room that serves as a toilet\/shower\/parking lot for bicycles and a few others. 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6773-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6773-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I probably haven&#039;t mentioned it yet, but our accommodation on the trip is divided into ultra-luxurious, i.e. those with pressurized water, less luxurious, i.e. where the water flows with a light trickle, and not very luxurious, where someone from the neighboring village has to bring a large canister of water by bike to wash. The doors and walls have so many holes for malarial mosquitoes to fly in that the slight smell of the loo is not that much of a bother. Certainly less than the party that starts when we pay the magical PLN 30 for the night and the same for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our accommodation could even be called &quot;atmospheric&quot; - feel like an American prisoner of war held in a deep hiding place in Rwanda. Of course, I am joking a bit, but I am extremely grateful for the hospitality and accommodation. To improve the mood, we can watch how local citizens of the local bar dance with each other while holding beer on their heads. This is one of the best things I&#039;ve seen in my life. The nice lady host brings us a bowl and a leaking canister with 20 liters of water. We can swing kettlebells in our cheerful world and do <em>core<\/em> with a personal trainer, but we will never build the form people have here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It&#039;s hard to shift the brain that people live in villages without running water, and sometimes without electricity. And that they don&#039;t do it because they bought a house in the Bieszczady Mountains to meditate without distractions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s classic with dinner - a few minutes of flipping conversation <em>&quot;what do you want to eat&quot;<\/em> against ours <em>&quot;what can we do?&quot;<\/em>. We spend the evening with ours <em>all-embracing<\/em>. He talks about how he will start a tourist business, a bit about politics, a bit about &quot;black africa without medicine&quot; and asks how it happened that we are where we are. The vision of voluntarily cycling for 1,000km doesn&#039;t quite fit in with his perception of the world - nor does most of the people we tell it to. He explains a lot of things to us, but they don&#039;t match up with reality. In particular, about the soldiers guarding the aforementioned Nyungwe forest from immigrants and criminals from the Congo. The story would make more sense if this forest separated Rwanda from the Congo instead of Burundi, but maybe I&#039;m missing something. In his view of the world, we were basically driving through the Congo. Our most common curiosity about Poland in such conversations is of course the weather. Explaining to people that it is currently zero degrees and muddy is like explaining in kindergarten that tomorrow the pressure will be 1020 hectopascals and that a preschooler should dress appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, we order unimaginably large portions of meat, which are presented as kilograms. We say that we will manage and at most we will eat for breakfast. Well, a kilo of meat was probably in the days when he walked around the meadow attached to a bone. The dish is delicious, but unfortunately too small. We beat the rest of hunger with the only possible calorie - beer. We go to sleep knowing that if we don&#039;t fall ill here, nothing will defeat us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 4.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8550138245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>The trace of the muzung ends at the border with Congo<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-564x1024.jpg 564w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-317x576.jpg 317w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-845x1536.jpg 845w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967-1127x2048.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0967.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We wake up in the morning, this is the first success of the day. On a minimum scale, waking up alive would be a success enough for the day. The village where we spent the night is not as charming as its location between the panorama of the mountains and the panorama of the lake would indicate. However, there is a shop - about 10 meters away from us, which we forgot to mention in the evening. Drinking water instead of beer would certainly be a better and cheaper idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have serious cognitive dissonance again. 20 meters further we will be on the asphalt, which the richest countries in the world would not be ashamed of: both in terms of the surface, as well as the cleanliness of the area and views.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_2c48a8-2b{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_2c48a8-2b .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_2c48a8-2b .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_2c48a8-2b .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_2c48a8-2b alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_2c48a8-2b kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2.jpg\" data-id=\"32487\" class=\"wp-image-32487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6782-2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32489\" class=\"wp-image-32489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6784-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, we are in the mud, under a shop where only water can interest us. Before we even finish pouring water from the bottle to the water bottle, an argument starts between two guys who are waiting for our plastic bottles. It&#039;s rather humorous, but you can see that they both care a lot. Damn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>we are in a place where an empty plastic bottle is a valuable prize<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it doesn&#039;t make a big impression on us, but the more time that passes from this situation, the heavier it gets in my head. On the scale of our route, this place seemed really civilized and rich as a neighborhood. On this day we are driving through really strong terrain - <strong>it is not without reason that the Congo Nile Trail is considered one of the best cycling routes in Africa. <\/strong>Most of the next 150km looks the same - perfect asphalt, lots of climbing, sometimes a town. At the 50th kilometer, we even manage to have breakfast, like people, in a cafe in the city of Kibuye with a population of 50,000. The coach would be proud. He&#039;d be even prouder to see what we&#039;re having for breakfast. We eat something that resembles sweet potatoes or bananas, with beans and small fish, and drink tea with milk and ginger. An old traveler&#039;s rule says that beans can only be eaten in two configurations: all or no one. A situation in which the choice of a dish is limited to one item is optimal for us. 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32494\" class=\"wp-image-32494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6799-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6802-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6802-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We pass the Ruhango region - as befits an adult, responsible person, everything makes me laugh: Ruhango Police Station, Ruhango District Office, etc ... There are two problems on this day: burning skin and kids. There are not much more kids (because they would probably have to be arranged in vertical layers), but we have a few hills on the way, like a few kilometers and 5%. High temperature, lack of food, heavy bike and another day &gt;150km make the uphill pace not particularly good. I would say the 70% of a local cyclist carrying a pile of bananas. The little non-muzungu take advantage of this and run alongside us. The close presence of a few-year-old child, weighing as much as a saddle, for several kilometers is quite burdensome. You can get used to it, but not yet on the third day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6822-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery 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href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32501\" class=\"wp-image-32501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6832-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the 85th kilometer we stand at the top of the hill in a town with the beautiful name of Congonil. A serious town, because there are several or even a dozen shops. After visiting a few of them, one of the vendors takes pity and shows us where to buy bottled water. Because if we were looking for, for example, an HDD from a laptop or a SIM card (whose points of sale we probably pass around a million), there would be no such problem as with water. It slowly ceases to bother us that during stops we are constantly watched by at least several dozen pairs of eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere along the way, we are accosted by a guy operating a gas station. It tells us a bit about life. It&#039;s amazing how different our approach to life is. Because in fact, the story boils down to the fact that everyone likes the country very much, but it&#039;s hard. As part of the general misunderstanding of what we do, he tries to ask if we came here with some &quot;development program&quot; and our visit will bring them something here. It&#039;s a bit silly for me to answer him that simply <em>&quot;I&#039;m riding a bike, listen, anywhere&quot;<\/em>. He talks about problems with water, food, women who give birth to 12-15 children, but also emphasizes how much the country cares for those in need. I ask the guy what&#039;s going on, everyone here seems so smiling and happy. Because in fact, people seem to be extremely happy and I find it hard to believe. How is it that fate has locked them in such a wretched place, and they are happy. He responds with a sentence that sticks in my mind for a long time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are very happy here, but we are also struggling to survive<\/p>\n<cite>We are very happy here, but we are also struggling to survive<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This place in the entry begs for deeper reflection on how universal access to information affects our satisfaction with life and how it is that people who have nothing are clearly more satisfied with life than we are on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We exchange contacts on Facebook and WhatsApp and invite him to Poland, which makes him very happy. We move on knowing that fate will never cross us again. What awaits us is the intersection of the Gishwati-Mukura National Park and I must admit that the huge coffee plantations located over 2 kilometers away make a much greater impression than the park itself. They differ from those seen before in that this time the crops are located on quite large slopes. Rwandan coffee is considered one of the best in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6842-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845.jpg\" data-id=\"32506\" class=\"wp-image-32506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6845.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840.jpg\" data-id=\"32504\" class=\"wp-image-32504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6840.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the evening we arrive at Gisenyi to feel a bit more of its atmosphere, we sleep about 20 meters from the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the one hand, we would love to go there, on the other, it is definitely not a good idea from the safety point of view. Fortunately, we do not have a dilemma, because we cannot afford a visa and a covid test (psychologically). The DRC does not seem to have the best relations with Rwanda, although the number of people going to the border crossing in the morning does not seem to confirm this. But all of that doesn&#039;t matter because we sleep in the city, which means: food in a (hotel) restaurant, hot water, a bathtub, two comfortable beds, the ability to buy sunscreen and dozens of other things that I never considered a luxury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6852-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 5<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8554521608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Volcanoes and things we don&#039;t know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s one of those simple days, although we all know that there are no simple days on vacation. We are heading to Uganda, and there are two driveways waiting for us on the way. It is true that the first is about 30km and a thousand up, and the second is in the field, but it doesn&#039;t matter, because the views should reward everything. After getting out of the city on a fairly busy road (as for the local conditions), we will land in the Parc National des Volcans, which in our language is between volcanoes. It is incredibly comfortable, because for the first time we are going covered with sun cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s hard to say anything interesting about the first half of the day. It is exactly as the area has accustomed us to it, although with each kilometer the landscape changes a bit in the direction of how I imagine South America. Indeed, the presence of volcanoes brings a breath of fresh air. It&#039;s amazing, because I&#039;m never bored with the area for almost the entire trip. This is a novelty, because we usually get a scenic crisis around the 4-5th day and things that should be enjoyable stop a bit. It is easy to judge objectively by the number of photos taken - this decreases only in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, it is worth adding that the T-shirts worn here provide me with very good attractions. It seems that all production waste ends up here. If you have a typo, wrong colors, something went wrong - instead of throwing it away, you send it to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6877-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859.jpg\" data-id=\"32514\" class=\"wp-image-32514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6859-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886.jpg\" data-id=\"32513\" class=\"wp-image-32513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6886-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We climb the terrain around 2600m above sea level, but it does not make the surrounding volcanoes smaller. The second part of the park, with enough fatigue, would be like a mirage for us. The stony gravel turns into narrow but perfect asphalt. Mud huts transform into expensive, fancy hotels (I don&#039;t know how to translate <em>lodge<\/em>), farting scooters are replaced by tourist jeeps, and the area is filled with every possible variation on the gorilla theme: stone, painted, sticks, clay ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We are in one of the two places in the world where mountain gorillas live<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6923.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6923.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6923-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6923-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912.jpg\" data-id=\"32515\" class=\"wp-image-32515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6912-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the second of these places, we will be the next day. I must admit, I would take a walk in this area someday. With uninterrupted views of the Muhabura volcano (4127 m), we head towards Uganda. Thanks to proper unpreparation, we have no idea what is hidden there ... and there will be many surprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"uganda\"><strong><span style=\"color:#f78da7\" class=\"tadv-color\">UGANDA.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Entering Uganda is hassle-free. We bought the visas at the airport, so we only have to visit two counters, get a few stamps, tell a short story about who we are, where we come from and where we are going, and accept important information that Uganda is friendly, safe and very happy with our visit. Our idea of this country does not quite coincide with how customs officers present it. Due to the fact that everyone asks where we are going, we start to answer that Queen Elizabeth National Park, which does not appear in any of our route, but is probably the most popular tourist destination in this country. We repeat it so often that eventually we start to believe it ourselves and in fact, we will get there.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda welcomes us quite unexpectedly. People are waving at us, shouting something, generally we seem to cause quite a stir. It&#039;s only when the bus comes out of the corner in front of us that we understand what has happened. It was not until 60 years ago that independence from Great Britain was obtained here. We go to the left side of the road and continue the trip.<\/p>\n<p>What immediately catches the eye is fewer children, less (although not zero) interest in us and definitely more disorder of everything. As befits responsible tourists, we know nothing. In particular, we do not know what the currency is, what conversion rate and where to get the money.<\/p>\n<p>We start our search in Kisoro, the first bigger city we pass. It is nothing like the cities in Rwanda - more noise, more chaos, more garbage. With the awareness of having PLN 500 on the Revolut account, we go to the ATM and start withdrawals by trial and error. 100,000... insufficient funds, 90,000... insufficient funds. We try so long that in the meantime the bank closes. A visit to something that resembles an exchange office ends with a partial success. Michael&#039;s dollars turn out to be too old to be used in Africa. Mine is, fortunately, a new piece of art, freshly printed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_7da42d-35{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_7da42d-35 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_7da42d-35 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_7da42d-35 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_7da42d-35 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_7da42d-35 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" 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class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32526\" class=\"wp-image-32526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6981-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2.jpg\" data-id=\"32528\" class=\"wp-image-32528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6942-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then it&#039;s time for the SIM card. As I mentioned, SIM cards are easier to buy here than anything else. I mean, it was easy in Rwanda, in Uganda it is only easy to find a place to buy, although the price for such an event is equally ridiculous (several zlotys for a few GB). The whole process takes us about two hours and includes taking a picture of yourself holding the card next to your head. Plus, it gets dark much later in Uganda. So much so that we start to wonder about it seriously. A tired head takes quite a long time to come up with the idea that maybe time doesn&#039;t pass so fast, and an hour has simply been added when crossing the border.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the card manages to be installed, although I have some reservations about the quality of the Internet. They burst when Isha, waiting with us, informs me that Facebook and Instagram have recently been shut down in the country. Isha came across it during his MTB patrol and we seemed interesting to him. He takes us to the hotel, shows us where to buy an electricity adapter (well, who would expect that the sockets are also English), then we go together to a local cafe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gorillahighlandscoffee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorilla Highlands Cafe<\/a>. Coffee lovers would be delighted, we go African Tea, because there is no better drink in the world. We set up together on the bike, he says he will walk us a bit. It also modifies our plans a bit. More good gravel, more asphalt, less rough terrain. In retrospect, I cannot judge this decision. Its main disadvantage is that we do not enter the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Its real name is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Isha explains that the terrain is rather rough - well, that&#039;s exactly what I would expect from an impenetrable forest. However, I&#039;m a bit sorry we didn&#039;t get into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 6.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8560240733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Probably the best gravel loop in the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We start the day with our guide. What is happening from the first kilometers can be described by the commonly overused word: DAMN. However, there is no exaggeration here. There are forests, lakes, villages, volcanoes, greenery, zero tourism and something we missed so much: silence. If I had to choose one place from our trip to go for a ride - it would be exactly this. And changing the bike to MTB, we would probably be able to break through the Impenetrable Forest and go straight to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kigezi+Game+Reserve&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enPL991PL991&amp;sxsrf=AJOqlzVEy7ACmm9kYY5RdAQIwcpsL4HvVw:1677519263173&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwig66Oenrb9AhWKs4sKHUwHBPwQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&amp;biw=1850&amp;bih=976&amp;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kigezi Game Reserve<\/a>, and then to our destination, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Queen+Elizabeth+National+Park&amp;tbm=isch&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjkjOShnrb9AhVEtSoKHd_nDekQ2-cCegQIABAA&amp;oq=Queen+Elizabeth+National+Park&amp;gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIHCAAQgAQQEzIICAAQBRAeEBM6BAgjECdQmQNYmQNgkQZoAHAAeACAAWuIAcQBkgEDMS4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&amp;sclient=img&amp;ei=pun8Y-ShH8TqqgHfz7fIDg&amp;bih=976&amp;biw=1850&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enPL991PL991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth National Park<\/a> (I&#039;m linking photos from google). In short, at 200 kilometers you have everything we have, plus mountain gorillas, elephants, hippos, lions on trees, antelopes, buffaloes, birds and who-knows-what-else. I suspect it could be the hardest 200 kilometers in my life. We have though <em>gravel<\/em> and the distances increase slightly. Especially considering our navigation quality, but more on that in a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Isha shares many tidbits along the way, but none of them seem particularly useful. Even learning the word &quot;hello&quot; in Ugandan (there is no such language) because it sounded completely different where we started and sounds different where we are now. There are so many languages in Uganda (40+) that it&#039;s easier to communicate in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, the first 3 hours are magic, and then we go back to the asphalt and it&#039;s still good. Driving in Uganda is much better than in Rwanda. The hills are somehow better, the interest in us is much less, the kids are less and generally more wild. On the way we cross Echuya (<em>he he he<\/em>) Central Forest Reserve, a place where we were supposed to meet animals, but they all hid from us. Somewhere at 2400 meters there is a police blockade. We are used to them, as well as to the sight of people with rifles and shotguns. We are waiting there for Isha, who stayed a bit in the driveway. It wasn&#039;t a good place to wait, as we immediately catch the attention of the military and local corn vendors. They are extremely disappointed that we don&#039;t want to buy it. The military, in turn, first try to understand how our GPSs work and how someone put all these small, surrounding towns on the display, and then start proposing to take over our bikes when we finish the trip or when we get bored. We take it as a joke, I guess they do too, but<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Jokes are received in a completely different way when spoken in company with rifles<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_129d33-fd{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_129d33-fd .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_129d33-fd .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_129d33-fd .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_129d33-fd alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_129d33-fd kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6990-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6990-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6990-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6990-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF6990-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32544\" class=\"wp-image-32544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7011-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32546\" class=\"wp-image-32546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7016-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32548\" class=\"wp-image-32548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7018-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I had to point out one uncomfortable moment during the entire trip, it would be this one. Isha catches up with us, the question arises whether he really wants to go on with us - after all, he is on MTB and several dozen kilometers of asphalt are ahead of us to the nearest large city, where we have a planned stop for food. He confirms, and when asked how he intends to return later, he says that he does not know, because he did not take the money. A light comes on for us and we don&#039;t know what to do. We more or less intentionally lose it during these kilometers. The world then punishes us for it by eating dry rolls instead of a decent dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3bf89f-7f{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3bf89f-7f .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_3bf89f-7f .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_3bf89f-7f .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_3bf89f-7f alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_3bf89f-7f kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" 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class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32534\" class=\"wp-image-32534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7033-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32536\" class=\"wp-image-32536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7043-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next kilometers are probably the flattest kilometers of the whole trip - we end the day with a result of 166km in Ntungamo. Along the way, the landscape changes drastically. Instead of mountains, we see plains. Cows appear instead of goats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our accommodation is very decent, and the name Joshua Tree Cottages seems ridiculous, although with the booking description &quot;5-star Jt Cottages Ntungamo offers a spa center.&quot; has little in common. A bit of a surprise for us is that the service does not allow us to lighten up by renting a small house with one bed. Well, as prepared and responsible tourists, we did not know that a law punishing homosexuality with the death penalty is currently being pushed through in Uganda. Micha\u0142 considers it a good excuse to prepare for trips a bit better in the future, and I consider it a good excuse to set Sylwia as the background on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Isha&#039;s curse is growing because I start coughing that day and it will only get worse with each passing day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 7<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8565984677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Hey, have you looked at the map?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I know what it all sounds like. That problems with the currency, with the language, with social media, with the time, with the pages of the street, with one stop during the whole day of driving - someone would say unreasonable, but we are simply on vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is clearly visible on day 7 when this <em>bikepackers<\/em> they were supposed to rest. The plan is a very easy and pleasant 120km, after which we will land in the center of the Queen Elizabeth National Park and spend the afternoon observing various animals during a self-made bicycle safari. According to our calculations, we&#039;ll be relaxing somewhere around 2 pm. We&#039;re so relaxed that for the first time we even book our accommodation in advance. So rather cool, with a view of hundreds of elephants and hippos apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the growing cough and fever are not a special obstacle when you drive with such a vision. It&#039;s such a day like <em>bikepacking<\/em> are presented by smiling influencers on Instagram. Breakfast, asphalt, terrain, dinner, views, supper, relaxation, conversations, smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it is until, roughly, fifty kilometers of driving, when I look at the map on my phone and something does not suit me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I ask Micha\u0142 if he has looked at navigation lately. He didn&#039;t look like me. We&#039;re further afield than when we started.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We just rode straight ahead without going deeper <em>dissolving<\/em> What&#039;s going on. According to the principle that never, whatever happens, never, ever, absolutely, you must not go back in life, we draw a connector with the original route in our heads. Well, this plan did not turn out to be particularly comfortable, but at least we did not disgrace ourselves by asking locals for directions. We pack ourselves into 30 kilometers of terrain - a good surface, <em>superior<\/em> \u2013 not so much anymore. We see Uganda, which no normal tourist will ever see, because why not. For good measure, black clouds appear in the sky, and thunder rumbles in the distance. I will say this, if this red clay beneath us got wet, all I could do in my present state would be to sit down and cry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7080-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the rain hits only a moment after we reach the completely unexpected asphalt. We are where we were supposed to be, only about 4 to 5 hours later than planned. The countdown to dusk starts again in my head. Driving through savannah full of wild animals doesn&#039;t seem like a good idea after dark. We give up such luxuries as rest or food - we pack 3 dry, fried balls and a liter of Coke and drive ahead, hoping that now there will be no intersections where debatable decisions can be made. Somewhere around the hundredth kilometer it gets nice again, we are surrounded by tea and sometimes some monkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_164894-d7{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_164894-d7 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_164894-d7 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_164894-d7 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_164894-d7 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_164894-d7 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7129-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7129-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7129-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32565\" class=\"wp-image-32565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7133-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around 140 kilometers we reach the Savannah - we can see it from above. This is where Mufasa could show Simba what will one day be his. On the one hand, nothing special - a large field and some trees, on the other - it has something unusual about it. Especially as the sun starts to set slowly. In front of us endless, empty asphalt. On the sides, large spaces, full of (supposedly) animals, although we find it hard to believe. We change our minds quite quickly when an alarmingly many birds appear next to us. We came across 2 young elephants by the road. A bit further there is a group of antelopes. I have the impression that accidental encounters with such animals, especially on a bike, are perceived a bit differently than a jeep trip, which aims to take a tourist exactly to them. I might be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7142-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere around 155 kilometers, looking at the setting sun, we begin to doubt whether our plan is good. We are left with about 25 km, but off-road. Maybe a good, because quite pleasant gravel, but through the park and along the river. I was not a primate in biology, but I used to have a cat and I know that this is not the best time to meet wild animals - especially that we have quite a lot to choose from. Some of them are probably hungry, and some are eager to play with something that resembles an antelope, only moving on wheels. We engage in conversation with <em>lokalsami<\/em> \u2013 they convince us that this is definitely not a good idea, but we know very well that they will take some bonus for providing us with accommodation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We decide to let go, and it works out for us. We land in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/ug\/enyonza-safari-lodge-amp-campsite.en.html?aid=1595497&amp;no_rooms=1&amp;group_adults=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songbird Safari Lodge &amp; Campsite<\/a> \u2013 one would like to say that this is the most luxurious accommodation in the history of our bikepacking, but due to the low water level in the lake, we have to use a canister instead of a shower as usual. The last few drops that were in the tap Micha\u0142 used to wash the lens that fell out of his eye - of course, before we realized that it was water straight from the lake. The owner convinces us about <em>special price my friend<\/em>, because he also supposedly rides a bicycle - which of course we do not believe him at all. However, Booking confirms this, we pay around PLN 100 instead of PLN 500-700 that appear on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that he wasn&#039;t lying about anything - also about the fact that the house will be in the National Park and that animals will come to us at night. As befits us young, responsible men, we sleep in the middle of the National Park with the door wide open.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As befits young, responsible men, we sleep in the middle of the National Park with the door wide open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s only at night, when dinner has been digested and fueled my brain, that I start to wonder if I&#039;m more afraid of malaria or being eaten by a wild animal. However, strange noises from the surrounding bushes prevent me from focusing on the answer. At bedtime, we asked the owner how it is with cycling around the area, to which the answer was <em>&quot;you can take your chances, but I wouldn&#039;t do it.&quot; <\/em>He also confirms that there will be no problem with the bus in Fort Portal and that he knows what he is talking about because he comes from there. Cool. Today I am considering booking his accommodation online and writing in the comments to the stay: &quot;<em>hey dude, these buses don&#039;t exist.<\/em>&#8222;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7168-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 8<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8576580527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Worst day we became racist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#039;s a funny feeling when you come out of the cabin in the morning straight to antelopes and other deer-like animals. Antelopes have a similar attitude to us as villagers. They stand and look at UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast, we head further north, only to reach a large city and take the return bus there. I do not want to say what faces people have when we explain this idea, but we all agree that there will be no problem with the bus. It would be nice, because we will be about 400 km and one border from Kigali, from which we have a return flight in 2 days. 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data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268.jpg\" data-id=\"32595\" class=\"wp-image-32595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7268-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7219-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The first 50 kilometers are flat and perfect. Perfect even so much that we decide to drive a bit into the field. A little hoping that we will meet the famous lions in the trees and hippos by the lake, and a little hoping that we will not meet them. Mixed feelings I would say. Of course, this is not the case, as you can tell by the fact that I am writing these words. Instead, we see hundreds or thousands of antelopes and some elephants. Now I know that instead of going north, I should have spent the day in the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the road to Fort Portal, from which the bus would go, is unimaginably boring, and it is hit by a huge heat. Well, no matter how you look at it, we cross the equator on the way. We drive on asphalt, through villages that only add a brick to the heavy temperature atmosphere. It&#039;s so warm that we sit down at a closed gas station and decide to do nothing. This is the moment when the body begins to reach dangerous temperatures, and you realize that there is no escape from this situation. Which, of course, is only partially true, because if we approached anyone and asked for any help (e.g. to bring water from the store), we would certainly get such help. Only it wouldn&#039;t lower the temperature. It&#039;s so warm that the locals take off their down jackets (a bit of a joke, a bit of not).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7272-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery 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data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1.jpg\" data-id=\"32604\" class=\"wp-image-32604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7288-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the fact that the air does not cool while sitting, we move on. On the way, we stop at a pharmacy - something for diarrhea and something for illness. We get something that looks like &quot;it will either kill the disease or us&quot; according to the internet. Mixed paracetamol with tramadol. What is tramadol, I recommend asking cyclists from the pro peloton. I may still be sick, but nothing hurts me anymore. This is important in the context of upcoming bus trips. We pass Mount Stanley on the way - the third mountain in Africa (5109 m), but the problem is that we either do not see it, despite passing by, or it is smaller than we thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow after 8 hours we reach the destination city, where we find out at the bus station that yes - the bus runs, but only to Kampala, which is a slightly different direction than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The guest says not to worry, because we&#039;ve come to the right place. The connection to the south is being launched, exactly where we want to go. The first bus will be next month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens next can only be understood by someone who has traveled <em>marshrutkas<\/em> after Georgia. Strategy: fast, before we realize it&#039;s pointless. Before we have time to think about what is happening, we are sitting in a bus full of people, with bicycles attached to the roof to various things. As usual, we didn&#039;t have time to buy drinks and food, and we have 165 kilometers of driving ahead of us, and then a change to drive another few dozen. We&#039;re leaving at 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#039;re riding a 15-passenger bus that handles a hundred million things along the way. He delivers parcels, scaffolding, nuts, people, mattresses, barrels, baskets, money and everything that can and cannot be done. At the record time, there are about 26 of us and a hen in it. 24 pitch black people, a chicken and two white guys. On the roof is a bicycle worth a year&#039;s worth, the average salary in this country. A bizarre situation and we start to imagine what would happen if such a set were teleported, for example, to Podlasie (no offense).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are wondering how such an overloaded bus is doing on the road, I have the answer for you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7315-scaled-1536x864.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7304-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the moment when, as usual, we wonder how it happened that I ended up where I ended up. It&#039;s roughly the same feeling as, for example: <a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/en\/maroko-czy-jest-spoko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how we got to ride folding bikes through the Atlas Mountains after dark on Christmas Eve<\/a>. 26 people (and a hen) get out of a bus designed for 15, after our tire blew, in the middle of a savannah full of wild animals. The joke about the coming lions amused only the lady who uttered it. Next to us is a luxury minibus with white-faced tourists. Tourists stick out their air-conditioned heads and take pictures of us. We are hungry, tired, thirsty, after a few hours of driving from the crush and still having a few hours of driving ahead of us. There is no hope that we will even make it to the place where we were supposed to change before dark. My illness is increasing, and the only advantage of the situation is that the diarrhea only attacks here at night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7331-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We reach the transfer town after 6 hours of travel and it is already the middle of the night. With the help of a scooter taxi driver, we find the hotel, which is not as obvious as it seems. 10:30 p.m., dark as hell (no matter whose), we drive through some village after a guy on a scooter and reach a hotel where a nice lady says almost PLN 200 a night and no haggling. Dignity does not allow us to do this, we go to the next one, where the price drops to 40. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying to find food is not easy, even though the &quot;hotel&quot; borders on the restaurant. The conversation proceeds classically, as with locals:<br><br><em>\u2013 is restaurant open?<br>\u2013 yes, of course, is open<br>\u2013 can we get something to eat? <br>\u2013 yes<br>\u2013 what can we get?<br>\u2013 chai (tea)<br>\u2013 but to eat, we are hungry<br>\u2013 yes, chai<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#039;s how you can talk. I omit the fact that entering a bar at 11 pm by two muzungu, in the middle of Uganda, in some side street, is like an American comedy situation. I will present it descriptively. I feel as if I walked in wearing a Lech Pozna\u0144 scarf and shouted &quot;Legia Warszawa chicken!&quot; in the worst dive, worst neighborhood, random city. These are those 4 seconds when everyone is looking at everyone and you don&#039;t know if you just fit in very well or very badly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this has nothing to do with reality, because we assess the security level at 100%, but there is a slight chance that we only think so. In the end we end up in some bar where we get rice with chicken, or rather chicken bones, so for dinner I have juice and chips from the gas station, of course, with dry, fried yeast dough. My biggest dream is a sandwich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 9<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8576582400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>The most dangerous bikepackers in the country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Day 9 starts with the statement that we don&#039;t really want to drive anymore and we probably won&#039;t see anything that would surprise us. With the help of a few local intersection bosses, we manage to get a bus. Amazingly, it&#039;s much more crowded than our previous one. I&#039;m pretty sure there&#039;s a rule here that there&#039;s always room for someone willing to ride. Even if he had to sit like me, on one half of his ass and stick to the ceiling for balance - for example, for 3 or 4 hours. I feel like a story: &quot;in my time, we lived in a puddle and drove around in 15 in a Little Fiat&quot;. Micha\u0142 and I are not particularly small people, but we still fit into the set: we, the fattest woman we have ever seen in this country, a petite woman with a small child on her lap, in a three-person row.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_f30dba-f7{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_f30dba-f7 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_f30dba-f7 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_f30dba-f7 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_f30dba-f7 alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_f30dba-f7 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1800px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333.jpg\" data-id=\"32407\" class=\"wp-image-32407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7333-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-hide-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:1800px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340.jpg\" data-id=\"32408\" class=\"wp-image-32408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7340-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we manage to reach Kabale, where we can eat breakfast consisting of Cola and dry, fried yeast dough, and head towards Rwanda. One hill, 110 kilometers and we are in a hotel where cardboard boxes are waiting for us.<\/p>\n<p>The border crossing is very nice, of course, with the proviso that we have to take off all the bags and pass them through the scanner, and then explain to the customs officers what all the suspicious items are for, such as a multitool or a wide-angle converter for the camera. Considering that this is the main border crossing between the two countries, it&#039;s amazing how much time is devoted to us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7363-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of the route is certainly very nice, because we get to the tea fields again, but we&#039;ve been in the saddle for so long that things stop being fun and I stop taking pictures. This is a clear sign that enough is enough. Getting through the whole of Kigali is also not very pleasant, but we manage to find a place with hamburgers. They are of course worse and more expensive than in Warsaw, but it doesn&#039;t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-css-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pale-pink-color has-text-color\" id=\"sprzet\"><strong>Day 10<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8582094902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strava<\/a>)<br>Thread<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We spend the last day wandering around Kigali. We leave the room for the first time around 8 am, we leave the hotel after 9:30. After all, breakfast scheduled for 8 can also be at 8:30, 9:00 or some other time, it is not a problem for anyone. You can&#039;t cancel it because it&#039;s already done. It is known that a Spanish omelet is sometimes made in 5 minutes, and sometimes in 90 minutes. There is only one answer to most of the questions asked in Rwanda - a quiet &quot;yes&quot;. I have an irresistible impression that despite the holidays, we are the most rushed people within hundreds of kilometers. Except for the bus drivers, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed alignnone alignfull wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-32342_3e7a5e-ed kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"3\" data-columns-xl=\"3\" data-columns-md=\"3\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li 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https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7383-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSCF7383.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It takes 25 kilometers of walking before we discover that riding scooters is great, although every time I put a scooter helmet on my head, I am sure that it is my last minute of life. Being a passenger, however, remains my new hobby. Especially that no matter where we go, we pay PLN 4.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The things worth mentioning that we discover in Kigali are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwc-umutima.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyamirambo Women&#039;s Center<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 if you need a gift from Rwanda, this is the place. Hand-sewn souvenirs enriched with the feeling that you did something ideologically good by leaving money there. It should be added here that the emphasis on equality is very strong in this country. Starting from information billboards, through a large number of women&#039;s cooperatives, to the fact that the parliament in 60% consists of women.<br><br><strong>KG 18 AVE<\/strong> \u2013 a street closed to traffic where you will find barbecue, pizza, kebabs and party places. I know it sounds weird to write about pizza and meatballs, but on the 10th day here, it sounds like the lost ark. One thing is for sure, there will be legends circulating in Rwanda about two muzungu who drop into places, eat the two biggest pizzas or four dinners, then head to the store for dessert. I&#039;m waiting for the first restaurant to set up after &quot;large&quot;. <em>\u201cbikepacking muzungu size\u201d<\/em>.<br><br><strong>Biryogo Car Free Food Street<\/strong> \u2013 also a closed street with cafes and restaurants. We find The Best Oatmeal on it, which is not on google. There we eat a dish that we have been unconsciously dreaming about for a long time - oatmeal. We are already so crooked that entering Best Oatmeal, we ask if you can get oatmeal, and the answer is not obvious.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hopcycling.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DSCF7388-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last day is also our biggest financial failure of the trip. At the airport in Istanbul, this time we come relaxed with the excess of time, but also with the attitude of a child in a toy store. So many possibilities, so many shops, so much food to choose from. Tired brains really need a lot of time to come up with what the currency converter might be, but based on the prices of sandwiches and bold assumptions, we come to the conclusion that it&#039;s probably 1: 1 without any zeros. We decide on a kebsik, because it&#039;s Turkey. The sadness comes with the notification <em>revolution<\/em> about spending PLN 140 for one. Cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I do not recommend such a trip. <s>I liked it very much<\/s>. 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