Hotel Ubumwe

Gisenyi, 38, Rwanda | Hotel

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Getting pissed with the Pygmies

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... on your behalf for a % of the savings, we opted not to top up at the market and after watching the butcher in action can see why we may not have had a tip top stomach since we arrived. We got back and uploaded photos and a few more blogs on the wifi whilst we still had it. Today we were to visit a traditional Batwa village, or made better known as Pygmy Village – these people are part of the Twa tribe which is the smallest tribe in East Africa. We were to ...

Genocide

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... and attempt to overtake on the way down. The people seemed just lovely though, and we arrived in the dark to a rather odd place that kind of doubled as hostel and nunnery, however more wifi and a beer change again this time, Primus 720ml bottles of 5% for £1, fastest internet to date, can Rwanda get any better?

I’m sure it can for tomorrow we fulfil another of our life dreams as we go to trek the Mountain Gorillas one of the main reasons for undertaking this trip. ...

Country of a thousand hills, tears and smiles

A travel blog entry by shaunandkaren

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... s, rebel forces caused a divide between the Tutsis and the Hutus. The hutu extremists implemented a plan to rid Rwanda of all Tutsis, as they were blamed for the recent assasination of the President who was working towards a peace treaty between the two tribes. Within four years, thousands of tutsis were brutally murdered, along with Hutus who were against the Hutu rebels. Woman and children were targeted, in order to wipe out the next generation of Tutsis. All in ...

Petitbeurreke in the mist

A travel blog entry by petitbeurreke

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... zou alles goed moeten gaan.



Dan zet de papa zich in beweging en dan zie ja dat de rest van de groep volgt, hij geeft aan wat er gebeurt, waar er wordt gegeten en waar 's avonds het nest wordt gemaakt. De kleinere apen slapen ...

Gorilla beringei beringei

A travel blog entry by joelmeeker

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... to frighten enemies, and I’m sure it did.

About 7:30 we were divided up into our groups of no more than 8. We would take our various 4WD vehicles to the jumping off spots at the base of various volcanic mountains to start our treks. Our lead guide was a laconic fellow named Francis, assisted by a young female guide named Gladys. Our group consisted of only six, our four, plus a Swiss fellow from Lucerne celebrating his 47th birthday, and ...

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