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- Kigali
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Rwanda
Travel Blogs from Rwanda
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
... walked around, soaking up the city. We went to the national museum, in a town called Butare, the 'intellectual centre' of Rwanda, i.e, where the University is, and then, missioned it to Ruhungheri, a small, insignificant town that is the gateway to Parc ...
How to Make Sense of the Senseless
... books and watched several documentaries. I knew the causal effects that led up to the genocide. I was aware of how Rwanda's colonial history, economic problems, propaganda and governmental policies led up to the genocide. I realized the limitations of UN ...
from Nabugabo (Uganda) back to Kigali (Rwanda)
for english text scroll down Opstaan, tenten afbreken en opkramen. Stefaan en ik moeten vandaag dringend terug naar Rwanda, want morgen vertrekken wij immers terug naar België! We hebben een vliegtuig te halen in Kigali. Thomas en Simon blijven nog een ...
Goodbye Beautiful Africa
... take 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 ...
Swimming in (not yet) exploding Lake Kivu
... good time together! Gisenyi, right at the huge Lake Kivu, is supposed to be a beautiful spot for having a beach holiday in landlocked Rwanda. As the weather wasn’t playing that game, I couldn’t really try this out (though I had to jump in the ...
Pushing Off Some Friends
... , so we went to Republika to celebrate. They had some pretty good brochettes and the same hallmark bad service one has come to expect in Rwanda with smile and tip! It was fun, there were 8 of us. I met a girl (name escapes me at the moment...I'm so ...
A High Day in Rwanda
... British colonies around them that still drive on the left - Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. So you find both configurations in Rwanda. The surprise was a large nontransparent cloudy white spot on the windshield right in front of me. I noticed there was a ...
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 ...
Cyangugu
... The Burumés have fascinating stories to tell. Mr. Burumé was teaching science in a high school in Eastern Rwanda when we discovered the church through one of its magazines to which one of his students was subscribed. Later after ...
Gisenyi, Rwanda
Gisenyi/Lake Kivu October 25/26-On a Saturday morning, Ruhengeri is very quiet. The streets are empty. We had to wait until 12:00 to get a bus the 1.5 hours up to Gisenyi. We arrived in Gisenyi, and found a room in town. There ...
Volcanoes Virunga Lodge
... there is a grand stone lodge with a cozy lounge bar and dining room. Out of every window the seven volcanoes of Rwanda, Uganda and Congo stretched out with the twin lakes below. Didas, our host, and the entire staff gave impeccable ...
Gorilla trekking!
... to see and decided to try for the largest group, Susa. This group was also the furtherest away on the side of Rwanda's highest peak, Mount Karisimbi (interestly all the 'mountains' in the National Park are actually extinct volcanoes). As we would be doing ...
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 ...
the long and winding road alongside lake Kivu
... extensive lava formations from the eruptions of nearby Mount Nyiragongo. Gisenyi is also home to BRALIRWA, the only brewery in Rwanda, which manufactures various local beers, Primus and Mutzig as well as Amstel, Guiness and a range of Coca cola brand ...
Genocide reminders and colobus monkeys
... our last night in Rwanda, we decided to splash. We headed into town to MilleCollins Hotel (otherwise known as Hotel Rwanda) where we paid ridiculous international hotel prices for very 2nd rate (microwaved pizza) food while listening to 80s live music. ...
So we made it to Rwanda...
... genocide memorials just outside the city. The memorials themselves are pretty much as one would expect, dreadful and terribly sad. Rwanda as a country has made a substantial effort to maintain these memorials so as to not forget the past but to hopefully ...
from Butare to Nyungwe forest
... geldig paspoort is het echter onmogelijk even Congo binnen te wippen. english text The Nyungwe Forest ranks among Rwanda's foremost attractions. To protect the colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, eagles, hornbills, and other spectacular species that ...
First Entry in Kigali
Well, this entry is a little later than I had first intentioned. I was tired/busy from travels to spend to much time looking for a cyber cafe near my guesthouse and the internet was not working at the SERUKA offices (where I am interning) yesterday. ...
Gitarama & the end of my Rwanda trip
... a tarmacked road with rolling hills either side of us, then another 30minutes bumping along dirt tracks, climbing higher and higher until Rwanda was a vista of green humps and blue lakes in front of us. The only downside was the obligatory helmet; I know ...
Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 2)
Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 2) Monday June 9th, 2008. Kinigi, Rwanda. Now that we are old hands at this gorilla trekking thing you would think things would go all smoothly...not quite. We both woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep ...
Gorillas in the mud
... note, meaning all our money was fake. Only it wasn't. We started off getting a friendly reception as we drove through Rwanda, and then kids started throwing rocks at us, possibly because Robert ran over one of their footballs, or becauseof the huge ...
Rwanda
... of a hotel manager who bravely used his four star hotel to try to save as many Tutsis as possible. The real 'Hotel Rwanda' is actually the Hotel Des Milles Collines. I'm typing this poolside there at the moment. Sitting here, on a pleasant day ...
Flushing My Bigness Down the Pooper
... in context too. I say, oh yeah I've a girl, yes. "A girl?" Yes I've a girl back home. "But we have girls in Rwanda. You like Rwandan girls?" They're fine. "We have lots of girls. My sister, here, look at her. She sitting right there in front of ...
Reflections on a painful past
This is a top pick! ... for, but fortunately someone understood what we were after and led us to the shop, so we could buy some mementoes of Rwanda. We needn’t have rushed back from town as our expected departure time of 3pm was delayed somewhat. Sheila, Fran and Graham ...