Iris Guesthouse Kigali

... filled with people dressed in their colorful best costumes. Like in Uganda, the locals are not happy to have their photos taken, so I respect them and refrain (for the most part) from poking my camera out the window and pointing it in their direction. One time I break down, however, is when we approach a wedding party walking along the road.

Kigale is huge, but not as congested as Kampala. We arrive at our gorgeous ...

... of the flags and, as it is their back garden, they just come through anyway, fair enough. We went to bed in our tent and a few minutes later we heard a loud noise outside our tent. Michi asked what the hell is that? I replied an elephant eating grass at the back of our tent. Oh was the reply. They also started to break down tree trunks and branches. On the second night we also had a lot of elephants pass through, but also some charging zebra following the migration ...

Daniel and Cindy were gone by the time I got up this morning. My night had been interrupted by stomach pains around 03:00 and I hadn't slept well afterward, so I was tired today, and not at 100%. Doc and I needed to leave at 6:30 so we could be at Runda by 7:00 and avoid the road-blocks. The police wouldn’t try to make us work, but they might draft our driver until 11:00.

Once while on my way to Giti a few years back to inaugurate the new Church hall, with a ...

... There were some excellent volleys now. The last ten minutes of the class was the “all-star” match where the best campers played the staff. It was very enjoyable for everyone.

Lunch was the same general menu as on previous days. By the end of lunch, the wheelchair was finished and we took some photos of the campers with the finished product and Doc Swartz by whose efforts it had been brought over.

From 2:00 to 3:00 we played ...

... by the smoke of charcoal and wood cooking fires that add a pleasant smelling haze to the air. The darkness is lit by occasional electric lights glimmering dimly in shops and houses (the new energy efficient light bulbs are already popular here and they are much dimmer than what we’re used to in the West – prepare yourselves!), and by candles, by which we could see the slowing human activity. I find there is something warm and comforting about the ...

... from Rwanda gather.

We finished our tour around noon, and drove back to the hotel to have lunch and pick up the supplies we needed to begin the camp.

We arrived back a little before 3:00 pm, and greeted the campers. We were originally to have had more than 20, then the number dropped to 17, and toward the last moment 3 who were going to come found they had some makeup testing at school and wouldn’t be able to come. So we have 14 ...

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At 10:00 Morgen drove me to the airport to check in for my flights. I was able to wait in the Kenya Airways lounge and have some lunch until my four-hour flight left for Nairobi. We had a good clear view of Kilimanjaro on the outer approach to Nairobi. The temperatures were pleasantly warm in Nairobi, quite a difference from Johannesburg 1500 ...

Advance party arrived along with luggage safe and well. Perfect start to 28th wedding anniversary! About to contact Ananie, Fred and Rose. Hope to see playground and start the wood and paint challenge. Its warm but plesant.

Neither the mobile or blackberry picking anything up from the uk so I am having withdrawl problems but should get over them.

Started ...

... and spacious. It's hard remembering not to drink the water and not to even use it when brushing my teeth! my first shower was fridgid! hopefully i can figure out how to get the water warmer tomorrow. i have a mosquito net on my bed. i feel like the girl in the Secret Garden. I can't wait to actually see Kigali tomorrow. When we were driving from the airport it was very hard to see because there are no ...

... location to enjoy incredible scenery in a spot largely undiscovered by the outside world. On the terraced bank of the lake, Jambo Beach stretches nearly a half kilometer across, with umbrella covered tables scattered far enough apart that its guests often forget that they don’t have the place to themselves. Servers are never far away, but remain out of sight until needed, matching amongst the best in ...