Gorilla's Nest Hotel Ruhengeri

5.45 the alarm goes off and strangely enough I'd begun to come out of that deep sleep just before. No crazy dreams just yet either! The same cannot be said for Echalotte who recounted a rather odd one. Two words: ha ha!

We splashed our faces awake, changed and hit the breakfast table (oh yes, more food!). We were not to be disappointed. Fruit fiend that Echalotte now knows Alizeti to be, I delighted in some mini yet awesome bananas and fruit the name of which I still ...

... 50 houses and so it goes up to the sector and finally central government and so it is that democratically elected voices serve the decentralized form of governance in Rwanda.

At 7.30 we turn right into the lane leading up to Mountain View Lodge, our home for the next two days. We’re greeted by hot hand towels and offers of tea (Alizeti, having filled in the check in form politely said “non merci!” and PEGGED IT to the bathroom for much needed relief!

A hot ...

... 90), or going to a Pigmy village($10). I’ve already paid to see enough animals and I didn’t want to pay to see some more. And I hardly knew who Dian Fossey was before this trip so I had the easy choice of going to the Pigmy village. The Pigmy people are of a certain tribe that have been displaced dby the government and are having a hard time adjusting to their new way of life. Aka…they used to live in a National Park and used to hunt ...

Today is my third day in Rwanda. We are staying in the small town Ruhengeri, in the foot of the Vurunga mountains. Most of the group from the truck is doing the gorilla trecking today. Good for them, I am sure it's very exciting. However, I simply couldn't afford to pay $500 (yes, this is what they charge!) for one hour spent with the gorillas. So, I have to entertain myself on a fairly low budget... Rwanda is just resently coming back on the tourist map after the ...

Today we had a really early start form Jinja this morning. 4am. We were told to keep the lights off in the truck for security reasons but to be honest I think it was more to save the trucks battery then for the remote possibility that we might be attacked at 4am by a bunch of Kumuka(our tour company) hating locals. We were told about theses cows that have massive horns on them and to watch out for them as we drove.. Someone on the truck spotted ...

... next morning we were up early for a 7:00 AM start to the drive. The drive back was more of the same, beautiful views, terrible roads.......and oh.... Did I mention that for the entire trip the truck stereo was not working? Yes.... We may have gone a little mental from all the driving. I did get my first Zebra sighting though which was exciting. We got into Kampala late evening and Heather's friend had made us a lovely dinner, great way to end the trip.

... females and a baby. The baby started to come up to us and was playing and rolling around but then retreated back to the mother. The silverback walked towards us and then changed direction and disappeared into the forest. We sat here for quite awhile and then moved toward the others in the group. We found several more younger males and females and a newborn. The nettles were killing my legs but I didn't really care because this is awesome! The gorillas are ...