Country Info
- Kigali
- Capital
- Rwanda Franc (RWF)
- Currency
- 7,312,756
- Population
- RW
- Country Code
Kigali Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kigali, Rwanda
Seriously at work
... . It looks like a huge village in the middle of Africa with a surprising number of white faces. The genocide has made Kigali to a multicultural melting pot. People come here from all over the world to help the reconstruction process going on. Ten ...
Askari Emmanuel & Kigali
... Jessica. Just as in Uganda, people are so hospitable here and genuinely keen and delighted for you to meet their friends and family. Kigali city is a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of Kampala. I'd been told to expect a little bit of Europe ...
Kigali
... last night getting here from Kampala. All I can say is that Rwanda is by far the most amazing, clean, friendly and civilised (Kigali) country I have been to in Africa. It is a beautiful and safe capital. No litter, no goats, trees, flowers, fountains, ...
Gashushu
Hello all! Here are a few pics from my new digs and the weekend at Lake Kivu. Sorry mom, none of yours truly in this batch! The scenery is just too beautiful:) Love you and hope this finds you well. Peace, ...
The weekend, and cool new friends
... city lights from this panoramic view, you could almost pretend that you were indeed looking out over Hollywood's hills and not Kigali's. The dinner was probably the best I've had here - tilapia in mushroom sauce - and it was surprisingly decently ...
My flatmate
This is Cordula, my flatmate, or better housemate, or villamate. She works half of the time in Butare, south of Rwanda, so she's not always with ...
Trials and Tribulation
... the world, just over 56% of the lower house, the power and voice women hold is often questioned. Like many countries, Rwanda has a quota system that demands women occupy a certain percentage (most often 30%) of government positions. Are the women filling ...
Hitting my comfort zone
... of more victims. I had seen enough after about 5 minutes down there and called it a day. When I returned to Kigali, I went to visit the famous Hotel Rwanda which is really called Hotel des Milles Collines. It is a pretty posh hotel - posh ...
Kigali
The Rwandan Genocide
... to Tell' while in Rwanda. This is story about her survival of the Rwandan genocide in 1994- when the death of Rwanda's Hutu president sparked a 3 month slaughter of nearly one million ethnic Tutsi's. And the world refused to acknowledge that a genocide ...
Land of thousand hills...
... ... At the Burundian-Rwandan border the whole bus was checked and searched, and all plastic bags confiscated, as they are forbidden in Rwanda (protection of the enironment). Luckily they didn't want to search the whole of my backpack, and I smuggled a few ...
Quelle surprise!
... "civil war" between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's. I was under the impression that these were different tribes, which is incorrect. Rwanda had originally 18 different tribes, but Hutu or Tutsi was a class designation, similar to middle class or upper class, ...
How to Make Sense of the Senseless
How to Make Sense of the Senseless Kigali, Rwanda July 26 - July 27, 2008 After returning from the churches, Michelle and I found one person at the tourism office. Unfortunately no Kigali tours were planned for that afternoon. We decided to ...
from Nabugabo (Uganda) back to Kigali (Rwanda)
... . Vermits we niet over een 'multiple entry visum' beschikken, moeten we een nieuw visum kopen om Rwanda binnen te mogen (60 $). Terug in Kigali maken we onze pakken. Onze laatste avond in Rwanda is aangebroken. Zoals we Edouard beloofd hadden nodigen we ...
Rwanda
... be better spent elsewhere. With nothing left to do in Ruhengeri we headed off to the capital Kigali by minibus through some beautiful countryside. Rwanda is approximately the same size as Ireland but has double the population, currently over 8 million ...
Goodbye Beautiful Africa
... us from hinterland to modern cityscape. We sat back and enjoyed our last scenic drive through the hills of Rwanda. In Kigali, we made one last stop at the Hotel des Mille Collines--a refuge for hundreds during the genocide and made ...
Pushing Off Some Friends
... has just flown by and that in just three more weeks I'll be in the same situation looking out at the sparkling hills of Kigali on a Monday night thinking about a giant German pancake waiting for me back at the Pantry in good 'ole Sterling Heights. But, ...
A High Day in Rwanda
... part of the windshield, and take photos by holding the camera there as well. On the outskirts of Kigali we picked up Nathan and Moïse from Burundi, then continued on, observing the usual colorful activities going ...
Kigali conference: Day 2
This morning we weren't able to start until after 10:30. One of our men here doesn't speak French very well. he had a hard time completing the profile test even with help. I helped him streamline his procedure and let him finish with help from Mr. ...
Ignorance
... learnt our lessons from the Nazi's. Then on to spend a couple of hours in the city. We went to the plush Hotel Rwanda; I must now watch the film having been there! Bought some provisions in the supermarket and then headed to the campsite. Very basic ...
Exploring Kigali
Today I was on my own. I was supposed to meet Désiré at 10am today, but after waiting until 12pm I left on my own. I left the guesthouse and headed up to the Rwandan Office of Tourism and Parks, which is located behind Hotel Mille Collines. When I ...
Nyanza
... , nor like walking into a restaurant to hear the furtive whisper, "Mzungu! Mzungu!" This is exactly how our second Tuesday in Rwanda began and it made for a very amusing breakfast: we were seated outside in a prime 'let's-watch-the-mzungus' position ...
From Poachers to Protectors: Saving the Gorillas
... by founding the Iby'Iwacu Cultural Village, a community-based tourism initiative, in the Musanze district of Northern Rwanda. Revenue from tourism has encouraged communities to protect gorillas and develop small-scale businesses. Today, the outcomes ...
The Scruffy Little Settlement
... painfully, sometimes joyfully, my existence as it would have been otherwise in DC, my home. I played soccer, I worked, I drank, and I waited. Rwanda was coming, and I was going... but my mind didn't race, didn't stray, I never got too high or too low ...
Genocide reminders and colobus monkeys
... itself, and instead spent a couple of hours wandering around the small town of Ruhengeri before heading back again to Kigali. Hotel Rwanda It being our last night in Rwanda, we decided to splash. We headed into town to MilleCollins Hotel ...
So we made it to Rwanda...
... failing on us and we had to rely on the local Rwandans for some guidance. Our third or so day in Rwanda, we headed south out of Kigali to visit a few genocide memorials just outside the city. The memorials themselves are pretty much as one would expect, ...
First Entry in Kigali
... decided to walk back to the guesthouse from there after I ate and take in the beautiful evening scenery. The hills surrounding Kigali remind me of a greener Californina, like what you would see around Stanford in the winter. Again, still a little tired ...