Lake View Apartments and Hotel Gisenyi

... from the car behind said “dude, your wheels are ****”. Blunt, indeed! Never mind, we were more than happy to walk up and so we set off, Francois in the lead and Jimmy staying behind.

Off we set, up through potato fields and up over the Buffalo wall. Francois then grabs the largest worm I’ve ever seen and invites us all to a photo moment. His words: this is what you came for, shots of gorillas and Francois. We keep going the jungle getting thicker ...

... s want it. If more people are educated about the horrors of genocide, then the less likely it will happen. I’m just wondering where and when it will happen next? After the somber day at the museum, we drove for a few more hours into the country and settled at our hotel/camp for the next three nights. We were staying at a Catholic Convent that apparently likes to make a little cash. It looked like a full on hotel to me. Complete with a bar ...

... the park to get to the family and I was not disappointed. The hike was around and hour and a half with an armed escort of 6 guards all with AK-47s and was in an old volcano crater that had grown over with jungle. The guides tracked them by the leaves and their droppings so it was pretty neat to see them at work hacking with machetes through the jungle. To compare in Rwanda they use walky talkies to track them which takes away a little from the experience I find. When we ...

... me I had to go to the park and hope someone didn't show up. So I make my way there and the person there says that I can wait but it's rare. So I wait a couple hours and the news is not good as everyone is there and on top of it I don't have any way to go back so I have to do a walk of shame back to town. So I ended up getting a bike ride and now I had two alternatives that I had to see. First I would check with a tour company and then worst ...

... lolly, a man walked past the taxi and bashed on my window ... hard! Was he objecting to my lollipop? I suppose it will forever be a mystery ... But in consequence I was too scared to continue eating my lolly and had to deal with hunger pangs all the way to Huye (I hope you are outraged on my stomach's behalf!). Fortunately taxis in Rwanda are more squashed than Uganda (4 people to a row rather than 3), which took my mind off my rumbly tummy!!

... point changes all the time so the people in these villages do not necessarily see a lot of white people. The people in the villages just stare at you with a bewildered look. The guide said to do something goofy and then they will smile at you...they are very nice people, just puzzled with the white skin. We had to hike straight up (we climbed 800 meters) a mountain for almost an hour through farms before we got to the boundry of the park. From there we ...

... towards the beach. I couldn?t help but notice people staring at me along the way. These stares were a bit different though. I almost felt like the people were laughing at me. I then had a local guy come up to me and talk to me. He wanted me to visit the local language school which he operated. I politely declined. As I left, he told me to be careful and not expose my legs to too much sunlight. This is when I realized that the locals were laughing at me ...

... in something else so they don't need to go out and hunt, but instead do village tours for tourists or provide a night of entertainment and dinner for willing customers. After changing our Tanzanian shillings to Rwandan francs at a local Forex bureau, we had a delicious buffet lunch at the Karibu Cafe, all for 2200 francs ($4US) including drinks! We then headed towards Gisenyi, the border town north-west of Rwanda, where ...

... went to see if it was coming. The guy had forgot to put the order in, I am not sure how as we were the only people there and then put it in. After another 2 hours later the plate of chips each and a small side salad came out. I only spent one night in Gisenyi and I spent the night in a church dorm with another American guy who I meet and we were also sharing with 25 Rwandans, who were constantly talking about us and laughing ...

... down, and between Gisenyi and Cyangugu. It is known as abeach resort. Gisenyi features a resort on the shores of Lake Kivu, with several hotels andsandy beaches. The area is also known for water sports . The city centre lies away from the lakeshore, up a hill and ...