Uganda into Rwanda - Sat 13th

Left Masaka 8am for the 300 mile to Kigali. Both bikes running well although Martin reports some problems with the air filter!

Arrive at the Ugandan / Rwandan border around 1pm, expecting the usual array of chancers to offer to assist us with the paperwork. These fail to materialise and we realise we are on our own. Amazingly, it turns out to be fairly straightforward - Immigration, Customs and then Police all stamp the various documents and we are allowed out of Uganda. Same again in Rwanda - Immigration, Customs and then Police and we're heading for the exit barrier.

Surprisingly, we haven't had to pay any entry or visa fees.

As we reach the barrier, we are flagged down by some sort of official who asks to see out passports, which we give him. He then asks for the motorbike insurance. Now this could be a problem, mainly because we don't have any because all the insurance options available are not worth the paper the are written on and are mainly scams!

Paul rummages through his luggage and withdraws a large sheaf of papers. With a flourish he hands him his AA travel insurance. The official calls another over, and to make things worse, starts asking if we have paid for our visa's!. We both ignore this, but in an attempt to confuse things, Paul starts pointing to the various appropriate words on the AA policy -"worldwide", "insurance" etc. He hopes to persuade him it is acceptable before he starts reading the clauses about lost baggage and delayed flights.

Eventually the barrrier is pulled aside and we are off, Martins bike travelling faster than it has ever been in its life!

We continue for another hour or so, arriving at the "One Love Club" in Kigali, as recommended by the Lonely Planet. Suffice to say that it did not meet up to expectations and Martin will be making contact with said publishers! We are stuck here for the night but will find another hotel tomorrow.