Rwanda

License plates are narrow, white in front and yellow in back.

Motorbikes are a common sight on the larger roads in Kigali.

A community-service activity called Umuganda, held every week, includes road cleaning and weeding, so roads here are relatively very clean by African standards. There's little litter, and even unpaved roads are often kept weeded.

Mobile payments are widespread, and mobile carriers MTN and Airtel set up parasol-covered kiosks in all sorts of places around town.

The Google Car has a distinctive look, though it isn't always visible.

There are volcanoes near the northern border, and the soil in towns around that area looks black to me. You can often see the volcanoes from the outskirts.

There are towns and roads along the shore of Lake Kivu, on the western, DR Congo side.

Butare has several universities and plenty of cobblestone streets.

Street names in Butare may often start with "SH."