Hotel Baobab Kigali

... a pneumothorax. He had a chest drain, which the hospital took out yesterday&#8230;why!!!! <br><br>Anyway! We got to Rwanda&#8230;and oh my! The security! We had to offload all our equipment and wheel it round the airport and get it scanned. We were almost stripped search to go and collect it&#8230;.Finally we got through an hour and a half later. <br><br>Another hair-raising ambulance ride &#8211; with sirens &#8211; to the ...

... day getting all sorts of tests and meds against a bad stomach infection she picked up on trek in Kilimanjaro. Nevermind, having been on the same flight from Nairobi to Kigali, we were also both going to be at Kigali International for flights at exactly the same time, she back to Nairobi, and Echalotte and I onto Kilimanjaro.<br><br><br><br>And so it was that a rendez vous was set for 6am at, wait for it, the THIRD and final Bourbon cafe in the departures area of Kigali ...

... results,which said it's a bacterial infection.<br><br>After a dizzy, sleepy Wednesday and Thursday I was told on Friday, that I was infected by a bacteria.<br><br>But I was treated well from the doctors and got good medecine, so it was done within five days.<br><br>Now I'm back at the office, and everything seems to be O.K.<br>

... It&#8217;s telling us how to teach or something. I honestly have very little to say here. As soon as he started reading, my brain abruptly stopped working. Words, many monotone words. That&#8217;s all I remember.<br><br>4:39 pm: Still going.<br><br>4:48 pm: I think he said something about improper sexual relationships between teachers and students. He looked up afterwards and said, &#8220;Well, we all know about that, don&#8217;t we?&#8221; I&#8217;m ...

... it - if you don't already know the details, and even if you do, please, make up for that a little by reading something about it, investigating a little, even just by watching 'Hotel Rwanda' - make yourselves aware of the atrocities that happened in this remote little country 15 years ago.<br><br>C&amp;I

... water would be off. I&#8217;d wait a few hours to take a shower, maybe to the next morning if I didn&#8217;t time it right. But the water always came back. Today, as I write, it&#8217;s been more than 2 weeks since the water has come on, and more than a month since we&#8217;ve had any sustained water flow.<br><br>Well, what does that mean? First, to get any water we have to purchase jerry cans full of water, carried from within town, that are ...

... to minimize the impact on their lives.<br><br>Sadly the gorilla photos are pretty average, coz the light wasn't great, so we just tried to enjoy the experience. However, we did get 3 shots with the daddy silverback, Michi and I, one for the family photo album, VERY close up! Michi also had a close encounter with a silverback as it ran by him - a little frightening for Michi, but came away unhurt! We were the first group back in time for lunch.<br><br>In the afternoon we ...

... all our friends here and then watched as 30 people (including children) carefully took their cramped places in one van for the trip back to Giti.<br><br>They left by around 3:30, after which, we gave the campers free time until 4:30 when we would start the Bible Bowl game. <br><br>The hour-long game, another first for Rwanda (at least in our church), was a great success. I started with a trick question of sorts: who spoke these words to Pharaoh: &#8220;let my people go ...

... in his hands to protect them as he moves. It is a moving and pitiful sight. The congregation of Columbia Missouri contributed generously to buy and ship the wheelchair which is designed for "off-road" use. Once it is constructed, the hope is to present it to Gasana in Giti as soon as possible.<br><br>For the rest of the afternoon activities we had more team building exercises, volleyball and football. The campers were tired but very happy by the time we reached 5:00 ...

... are open drain trenches on the side of the road, sometimes steep drop-offs right next to the sidewalk (when there is a sidewalk) and periodic holes of various depths in the sidewalks and roadsides. Stepping into one would cause an injury of some sort. So we walked by the light of whatever vehicles came along and peered carefully into the darkness and shuffled when there were no vehicles. But we made it back safe and sound and happy after a full and productive day.