I love to run. But I love to run even more with views like this:
This is Kibuye during sunrise. I usually hit the road by 5:30AM and run up and down the hills. The view is absolutely amazing and I have to sometimes remind myself to take it all in and not take it for granted. Canada is without a doubt a beautiful country as well but the environment here is what makes it so unique. Even at 5:30, the people in the village have already started their work. I run by children and older woman carrying huge bunches of bananas on their heads. I run by cows randomly grazing at the side of the road, and herds of pigs munching away at the grass. I've even looked up and seen a hawk circling overhead. The women wear vibrant clothing and carry their babies in wraps around their backs. When I run by, the mothers stop to show their baby the white girl running by. Kids are mesmerized by the colour of my skin. The staring is a bit intimidating and sometimes annoying, especially when all you want to do is finish the challenging hill ahead and get home to get breakfast. I sweat everywhere and the last thing I want is to be the centre of attention! But I've learned to let it go and instead, I just wave at everyone and say Mwaramutse! which means good morning in Kinyarwanda. I get some pretty good reactions from the people when I bust out the Kinyarwanda! A mix of laughs and astonishment usually. It's pretty awesome!
One time, I had a couple of kids start running with me. I ran slowly up a hill so that they could keep up (and so that I could catch my breath) but when it was time to run ahead, I stopped to shake their hands and say hello. I didn't exactly get the reaction I was hoping for because they looked at me wide eyed, filled with fear and ran away as soon as I held my hand out for a handshake. I didn't realize I looked that scary when I ran! But seriously, it's pretty incredible running out here, even if the people think I'm crazy and/or scary!
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Rwanda? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Rwanda in order to complete my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely