Return from Gishwati, cont'd #2

As the water gathered it obviously found its way towards the easiest path gushing ravenously through a low spot on the road into a well worn washout down the mountain side and field of someone who would have to contend with another major erosion problem.

I continue to marvel why these mountains haven't 'flattened' over the hundreds of years of rains.

Back at my hotel I overlook a mountain stream that has collected all the muddy mountain water to flow into Lake Kivu, a large lake in western Rwanda bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Workers stand in this river hand shovelling the sand and gravel on shore to be sorted and loaded again on trucks to be used a various contruction projects.

The 4th picture is actually the border crossing into the DRC.