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- Kigali
- Capital
- Rwanda Franc (RWF)
- Currency
- 7,312,756
- Population
- RW
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Travel Blogs from Rwanda
Encore plus de sites de genocide
Je viens à Kigali pour voir 3 sites supplémentaires concernant le génocide. Les massacres ayant eu lieu souvent dans des églises. Je vais donc visiter les églises de Ntarama et Nyamata près de Kigali ainsi que le mémorial de Kigali où plus de 250 ...
No words for Rwanda
... call themselves Interahamwe, or those who kill together. As far as I could tell, that name could have encompassed all of Rwanda, and maybe humanity, too. People find hope in the hero stories, in the reconciliations, in the progress made. Rwanda has ...
KIGALI-RWANDA
After an 8 hour bus trip from Kampala, I arrived in Kigali, Rwanda. Fortunately no visa costs for US or Canadian citizens, most likely because of foreign aid assstance. Like Kampala, Kigali is built on a series of hills and like Kampala ...
WORLD VISION DISAPPOINTMENT
Made a 40 minute trip in a taxi minivan to Nyamata to see the sponsored child of Tracy,s son, Nicki. He is sponsored through World Vision. Unfortunately despite the attempts of the headmistress to get approval from head office, I was not ...
Le Pays des Milles Collines
... one of the officers had several fingers missing from his right hand; our first encounter with a genocide victim? Already, being in Rwanda was going to be a completely different experience than either of us have ever known. One thing we had to get ...
Enlightenment in the East of Rwanda
... organizations. He asked me many questions about the United States. He apparently thought highly of the US. He lamented that in Rwanda people where selfish and did not think to donate or help those when they are not directly benefited. He asked how it ...
Internet, What Glorious Internet!
I finally have an internet connection. After over a week I feel so isolated! Anyways I've made many updates for any of you interested in knowing what I've been up to. Kibuye was fantastic I hope to get pictures up soon! So real quick I'll mention ...
World Wind Tour of Three Countries Part II
... film makers are trying to bring awareness to the issue. The newscaster stated that the neighboring country to the east (Rwanda) is worried that fighting will cross over the border effecting this region once again. I do not understand why this ...
Touring (and smuggling) through The Great Lakes
... to fully comprehend the complexities and background of the events of 1994. Rwandan History 101 1890’s – Germany establishes Rwanda-Urundi as a central African base. The Germans are gutted to have missed out on Uganda and DRC and views Rwanda ...
Saved By My Banana
... particularly important appendage. You will soon hear, yes, but wait for now. Let's start with ye olde background information: Rwanda is weird. I won't count the ways but they are many. Interpersonal relationships, my god, I wish I could begin to ...
The Left Behind: Mostly Crappy Short Story Things
"British Lady" When Courtney first arrived in Rwanda, we were lucky enough to stay a few nights at the Kigali Serena Hotel, the poshest of all addresses for visitors to this central African country. Her hook-up as a hotel website maven is really ...
Visiting Jambo Beach on Lake Muhazi, Rwanda
... is President Paul Kagame, the proud owner of a summer home along the lake’s southern shore. Several of Rwanda’s wealthiest citizens are following his lead and building with aplomb. While large tracts of land are ...
Weekend Getaway: Gisenyi, Rwanda
... trash blanket the streets while broken down cars become rustic accents to the vegetation that soon occupies their vacant seats. *Rwanda: Littering equates to multiple years in prison (with military troops stationed every 100 meters to enforce these laws ...
Around Kigali, Rwanda and then to Kinigi, Rwanda
... to trip like this. After breakfast the plan was to meet Martin in the foyer and head to the Hotel des Milles Collines (Hotel Rwanda from the movie), then spend time at the Genocide Museum and then head out of Kigali en route to the lodge where we ...
Gorillas in the Mist - Ruhengeri, Rwanda
Overlanding from Mwanza, Tanzania to Kigali, Rwanda was yet another great experience. Greg and I shoved off from Mwanza at 6am, hoping to reach the border town of which name I cannot remember within the stated 9-10 hours. The bus itself was ...
Land of a thousands hills
... attacked by a swarm of giant prehistoric mayfly, before the next day, getting on a bus to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, where I am currently sitting. Kigali is actually a very pretty city: greenery, trees, bustling but not overwhelming. It is, like ...
Rwanda rebuilding
... floor with the smallest of streams running through it. I could not help picturing the bodies that had clogged the rivers throughout Rwanda during those 3 months in 1994. However, there was no trace of the atrocities and the fields of tea looked in full ...
It Could Be Worse
... , the night sky, a nice meal, a quiet stroll. This is a place to really find yourself, to see the nitty gritty of Rwanda and Africa, to truly experience the life of the average person here. And thank the heavens that I don't live here! Kayonza doesn't ...
Gorilla trekking 2
... the Sabyinyo group which is a much smaller group of about 10 gorillas. It is special because it has the largest silverback gorilla in Rwanda. This time there were only two other people in our group - a couple of Italian women (one of whom looked a wee ...