Category: Bmx history

There is scarcely a flat road in Rwanda.

While the tiny Easy African country’s international reputation is unfortunately dominated by its brutal history, locals and visitors know the country is much more than its past. It’s a country of pristine lakes and misty forests, abundant agricultural land and lush jungle. And mostly, hills.

They call Rwanda the Land of a Thousand Hills, but it feels like closer to a million. It’s just slope after slope after slope, with the roads winding up, down, and around, through little towns and villages tucked in among the trees and farms.

The population is largely rural – only 30% of Rwandans live in Kigali and other major towns – while the remainder reside in the hillside agricultural regions that dominate the landscape.

But farming in a mountainous country is not without its challenges, especially when it comes to moving your products to the market.