Ilya Varlamov: "Kigali, Rwanda"

"Rwanda looks unusually civilized! A good airport, there are even turnstiles for automatic passports on biometric passports on the border. The city is being built, many new expensive houses. But the main thing is the perfect cleanliness! I have not seen such cleanliness as in Rwanda. There is neither a piece of paper, nor a cigarette butter. All in Rwanda is calm and safe. Shops are being easily and safe. Shops erect their goods Directly on the sidewalks, and not hid him behind the bars, as in neighboring countries.

“But you have to pay for comfort and civilization. In Rwanda is expensive by African standards. A taxi from the airport to the city (about 7 km) costs 1000 rubles. Each trip is about 500 rubles around the city. Dishes in a normal restaurant are about 1000 rubles for hot hotel (Maritt) already 20,000 per night. Gasoline costs 100 rubles per liter.”

"In Rwanda since 2008, a complete ban on the use of polyethylene bags has been in force. At the entrance to the country, the Rwandrians inspect the baggage of tourists and confiscate the forbidden plastic bags. They did not inspect me, and I took two packages !!! But in general, the ban on packages bore fruits. Tourists and journalists immediately noted that there were less garbage and that nothing dangling on the branches Trees, unlike other African countries.

But he caused big problems among some entrepreneurs. People who work in the markets and hold shops complain that cheap paper bags are too low -quality, and they cannot buy expensive ones, because in this case the business becomes unprofitable. The Minister of Trade and Industry reassured them, promising that a new law on polyethylene bags would soon come out. The ban, most likely, will not be canceled, but perhaps the state will allow the use of biodegradable packages in trade. "