Day 3 Walk to Water

I woke up at around 10 there time and got dressed very quickly. Today was my last full day visiting Rwanda with Theogene. I walked into the kitchen and made everyone rice and eggs which they enjoyed very much. Today I decided to go with Theogenes wife to go get water. The water was around 5 miles away and took about 4 or 5 hours to get there and closer to 5 to get back. I grapped the huge water jug that would later be filled with cold water from the well. This jug held 5 gallons of water and Angeliques water jug held 8. I felt bad for taking the smaller water jug but I didnt think I would even be able to hold the larger one. She told me I had to take off my shoes if I really wanted to experience the real deal. So I obeyed her words and pulled off my warm shoes. We stepped out the door and began our 4 hour journey. During the walk Angelique and I talked about life in Rwanda and she told me about how much she loved the Kiva program. My feet began to ache at around hour 2 and by hour 3 they were pulsing. I couldnt believe how fast and nonchalant she walked! I looked at her with awe and all she did was walk faster and giggle to herself. That made me laugh too. By hour 4 I had started to ignore my feet and focus on getting to the well. I saw the well at hour 4 1/2 along with about 20 other women crowed around it. I tried to stand in the back and wait for the women to get their water and leave but they kept on wanting more and more and more! I finally followed Angelique through the crowd by shoving other women. Warm, dry, scaly arms brushed past me and sent shivers down my spine. We finally got to the water and filled our jug and started the 5 hour walk back. I changed positions with the water constantly and tried to keep going but had to take continual breaks. By the time we got back to the house we were both tired and decided to skip dinner and go straight to sleep.