Why?
After 5 days in Kigali, I am now back at the cottage. Why am I delighted to go back to having a ‘shower’ with a bucket and a cup by candle light? I do wonder.
Am I betraying western civilization? Am I being ungrateful to the white man’s conquest over harsh living conditions? Am I falling into the JJ Rousseau’s illusion that man was better before becoming civilised, domesticated? Am I discovering the simplicity, beauty and joy of everyday gestures? Am I going native? Am I regressing into a barbarian? Am I going to join the Byron Bay Ferals when I return to Australia? Will I get off the electricity grid and renounce tap water? Have I been hit by the gorilla syndrome? The answer to all the above is: ‘I am not sure’.
What is sure is that I enjoyed my ‘bucket and cup’ shower tonight. It feels good to be back in the Rugerero hills. I was also delighted to find out that I bought the right modem to make it possible for me to access Internet, read my emails and post this item on my blog...
Full of contradictions? Who? Me? You bet...
