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Because Banana Beer is the Lutefisk of Rwanda, Vanessa insisted that dcm and I try some.  So last night's dinner was actually somewhat Rwandan, as compared with the other food we've been eating. (Photo by dcm.)

The restaurant (La Republica) had a great view of the night time city.  The menu was a bit sparse, but did include goat dishes.  And Banana Beer.

dcm took a couple of sips of the muddy stuff and, after declaring it "tastes like mead", he refused to touch any more.  That left Vanessa and I, operating under the twin principles of "Waste not, Want not" and "Eat what is put in front of you" respectively, to finish it off.

I ended up swigging the last of it down and regretted having any before I was finished.  The syrupy stuff didn't make me retch, but the way it sat on my stomach was unpleasant, to say the least.

The other food, (goat soup and plantain) was really good, and considering the buffet of native-ish food we visited for lunch, I'd give the countries fare a B overall so far.  Not too outstanding but, with the right seasoning, quite edible.

Just don't give me any more banana beer.

In many ways, this trip feels like a big CV padder -- you know, finding the most impressive way of describing something possible.  When all you did was help desk support, you throw around words like "training" and "communication" as if that makes picking up the phone and walking someone through a few steps it takes to make a headline bold more important.

International Travel, working with the Head of IT for a countries Department of Health... It all feels pretty surreal to me.  The surrealism is accentuated by the way I've thought about the world as a big globe floating in space, and my self a minute little speck on one side of it.  Well, the speck has moved!

Today I actually start customizing iHRIS Manage for the ministry. Hopefully it is as straight-forward as I think it is going to be.

I forgot to mention: I've started to put up pictures of my trip.