Alpha Palace Hotel Kigali

So this Monday started off a little calmer&#8230;but the theme was still the same&#8230;another plane crash!<br><br>This time it was in Rwanda&#8230;.the accident was last Thursday. The plane had taken off&#8230;but the gears got stuck. So they turned around and landed and had to put the brakes on. The brakes got too hot and plane just couldn't stay put. So luckily the pilot knew that and directed the plane&#8230;to crash into a wall ...

... Jimmy had recommended for great, Rwandan food. I called Courtenay again and left a voice mail with the address and Echalotte and I decided to try to walk it (all sounded downhill and pretty easy anyway) and if we needed a cab we were going to jump on one of those moped taxis. <br><br><br><br>We walked, and walked, and walked downhill along a road and 35 minutes later stopped at a petrol station and jumped in a cab for a 5 minute drive uphill along a perpendicular road ...

... the African Massage&gt; careering along pot holed (and I&#8217;m talking MAJOR pot holes!) road at incredible speed along sinuous roads that head up and up one hill face to come swooping down the other side, only to repeat the same exercise again whilst over taking around corners and using a both lanes for the same direction. But we feel safe in Jimmy&#8217;s hands and actually nod off&#8230;or at least close our eyes and lean our foreheads against the big windows.

... remember to have a good anecdote if anyone actually asks me about these things. Like, &#8220;Hey Daniel, where&#8217;s all that stuff the HM asked about?&#8221; I&#8217;ll respond, &#8220;Funny you should ask that, Kanyikataregeugwe. Reminds me of when the polar bear forgot to bring his shaving kit to the Inuit Convention. Boy that one&#8217;s a doozy. It all began&#8230; etc., etc.&#8221; Since it is, after all, the third term I probably actually ...

We're still at the airport but I thought I'd let you all know we are now in Rwanda. We'll be in the capital, Kigali for 2 days and see the GEnocide museum and then travel all around. Can't wait for the endless hours of driving a head to Kenya and Tanzinia in the next month or two. Thank god for the french in high school and college....a great asset to our lovely journey.

... that meant. I assumed the obvious, no rain.<br><br>He looked at me again, &#8220;Oh yes, very hot. I don&#8217;t mind it though, but there is the problem of water.&#8221; I asked him about this problem, which involved water shortages during the dry season, and the conversation rattled on about general nonsense, as things tend to do.<br><br>That talk took place nearly 2 months ago, and that expression, the problem of water, is what brings me ...

... is just amazing and dedicated. The 'mother' was almost beside herself with tears when we arrived. She's been the mum there for 20 years and looks like Mammy from Gone with the Wind, such a wonderful human being. By the time we got to the Genocide Museum it was shut, they had closed early, so we headed out on our 3 hour drive to Kinigi, our base for the silverback gorilla trek.<br><br>This is my 4th attempt at trying to see the gorillas. On previous occasions my trip has ...

... moved to another verse that did underscore fasting (in both versions) and answered the question well. <br><br>The chorale sang special music. I gave the sermon about whether or not our young people are &#8220;called&#8221; by God, a biblical concept mentioned in several New Testament passages. We finished at 1:30 and started getting ready for lunch right away. We had quite a packed hall for lunch, and it was a very happy time together. We could offer a true feast to ...

... 8211; sort of like soccer or lacrosse played with a Frisbee. The campers loved it a great deal. We played it straight through until lunch time. <br><br>We had lunch together in the classroom. It was very good for us to be able eat together; a plus for our camp atmosphere. Again we had chicken, but this time sweet potato, plantain, and French fried potatoes, sauce, cooked carrots and eggplant, and limes for dessert (and a Fanta!).<br><br>Following lunch Doctor Swartz ...

... pm it was getting dark. We took care of a few housekeeping items, and then got back in the taxi for the drive back to the hotel where we arrived a little before 7:00. It&#8217;s not easy to get taxis at the Bloom Hotel. We intended to go to Chez Lando, but after a few minutes of fruitless waiting, we decided to walk half a mile up the street to the Hotel Printemps where Greg had previously been invited to a banquet for medical professionals. He said the food was ...