My penultimate night in Rwanda was spent back
in Butare, my base for the last month or so of traveling around.
I’ve always struggled to get good scenes of Rwandan life. I get
quite self conscious about taking photos because everyone stares and
looks at you, so the photos can be quite unnatural anyway, or you get
asked for money or something. So I was delighted when I went on a
walk to Butare market with Kathy and discovered that it was in a multistory building. It gave me the perfect opportunity to take some
photos with my camera of unsuspecting people down below.
Also, I had to take some photos of a very
unusual street in Butare. We call it ‘deserted street’. All the
shops have been closed down and the whole road has a gently decaying
feel. The old colonial buildings have peeling facades and there is a
general air of emptiness which is quite unusual in heavily populated
Rwanda. It is a strangely eerie place and I wish I knew why they are
plans to pull everything down. So I thought I should get some photos
of it before they do.
Deserted street...
Butare market
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