Hotel Baobab Kigali

... Lobato x2” held by the friendly faced Jimmy. I say to him “that would be a very bad thing. Me times 2, you’ll see”.

The dreaded part of our journey was upon us. Our trip to the Rwandair Express ticket office. This had been a saga of many emails and phone calls to Rwandan mobile numbers with African music blaring in the back and an almost inaudible voice saying “ne vous inquietez, vos billets seront a l’office de ...

A trip to a meeting to our HQ in Munich was meanwhile postponed 3 times and now it's set on beginning of October. Let's hope the best, cause then I could join my son Vinzent 4th birthday at home.
This week there's a pre meeting in Beijing about contractural issues with the managers. Hopefully they made the right desicisons.

... water would be off. I’d wait a few hours to take a shower, maybe to the next morning if I didn’t time it right. But the water always came back. Today, as I write, it’s been more than 2 weeks since the water has come on, and more than a month since we’ve had any sustained water flow.

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 ...

... it all.... So now I'm off to Kili to hopefully clear my mind and make it to the summit. I will do a 7 day hike to try to increase my chances but altitude sickness is hard to predict and has nothing to do with your fitness level. Will let you guys know when I will hike and the route I will take. I think I will go the Machame or Umbwe routes as these are the *********es and even if I don't make it to the summit I want it to be a challenge getting there ;) Take care, Michael

Today was a catch-up and rest day. I thought I'd sleep in, but I was awake and alert at 06:00, so I got up and got started. I asked the restaurant staff to get some coffee ready so that Daniel and Cindy could have a cup before heading to the airport. We had coffee together and debriefed on the trip and the camp. Shortly after 7:00 they rode off in Samuel’s taxi for the flight to Nairobi. They plan to spend a few days in Kenya on a photo ...

... The first answer of course was: Moses. Actually it was Aaron who was Moses spokesman. None of the campers could get the right answer but Mrs. Mundeli did, so she won a piece of candy and for a moment was single-handedly winning the Bible Bowl….

We went on until 5:30 with team “la Victoire” beating “les lions” by only one point. Everyone won a piece of candy – an infrequent luxury here.

At a little after 6:00 pm, as the ...

... second half-hour and talked about Proverbs, a book in the Bible written specially for young people.

Then we headed out for more team-building games like having everyone link elbows with backs to each other and then trying to stand up. It’s not as easy as it sounds! There was lots of trial and error and lots of laughter.

We stopped for lunch. Mrs. Mundeli and the ladies in the kitchen prepared a very nice meal: chicken, a kind of local cabbage ...

... standard checkup on a child, but her tools simply were not working, the chair, light, and drills were years old and not functioning well at all. They just have to make do with what they have. So there is great hope that Smile Rwanda will be able to furnish newer equipment. I shot a little video which might be useful in a promotional video about Smile Rwanda.

After that visit, Doc and I walked to a central roundabout where we could find a taxi and headed back to the hotel. We ...

... floor. he did this and thought he was going to be killed as well. he closed his eyes and accepted his fate. he fell asleep. the interahamwe thought he was dead. He fled the church when they were gone (after they had killed everyone) and mugabe fled. He stayed in swamps for 21 days until the RPF found and saved him. He is no longer Catholic.
NO UZA KWIMENYA NANJYE UKAMENYA NTUBA WARANYISHE- if you had known me you wouldn't have killed me.

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I was befriended by one of the askaris (security guards) at the One Love Club last night and he offered to take me around Kigali today. We called into his house on the way into the city to visit his wife and 5 month old baby 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 ...