Rwanda

Why it sticks

1. 1

   Known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills'.

2. 2

   Plastic bags have been banned since 2008, and on the last Saturday of each month citizens join a community clean-up called Umuganda.

3. 3

   Women hold over 60% of seats in parliament, the highest share in the world.

4. 4

   Volcanoes National Park is one of the few places to see mountain gorillas.

• Drives on the right, unlike neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
• Very clean, well-kept roads winding through green terraced hills.
• Moto-taxi drivers wear numbered vests and helmets; plates begin with R (e.g. RAD 123 A).