mom here!

We just said goodbye to mom-Conrad, who was here in Rwanda for 10 days!

She's an old pro and we couldn't have asked for a better guest -- this was her third trip to Rwanda. Never complained once when we lost power or water (really, who needs to bathe?).

After she watched us work for a couple of days, we got to go hug the mad elephant in Akagera Game Park and visit the "Democratic Republic" of Congo just long enough to have our dangerous, imported US cash confiscated by heavily armed police. Let's see and we had a party for like 50 friends and even found a little christmas tree to decorate with lights Mom brought. Oh and a monkey jumped in our car looking for food at the Game Park. And we tracked giraffes on foot and zebras by 4-wheel-drive.

Even found our way onto the front page of the newspaper! (Mzungus are fun to photograph, I guess.) Not bad for 10 days, eh?