Lake View Apartments and Hotel Gisenyi

... yoga position, eyes closed having himself a nap. Next to him is a 4 year old baby and to his left are two more sleeping soundly. A bit higher up on the left is the Buster of the gang who plays bongo on bamboo sticks and thumps his chest and eats away pretty much the whole hour we’re there. Munyinya responds to the guttural calls that Francois makes, or the clicking of his tongue and yawns (which in my pictures looks like he’s roaring). He checks out his nails for ...

... 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 ...

... 700 remaining in the entire world. I hope our efforts to save them are successful.<br><br> Returning to the resort we are entertained by a local dance troop for about 45 minutes, then retire to the room to clean up and prepare for the farewell dinner, which is taking place one day early due to the fact that three of us have to fly back to Entebbe tomorrow night. Sadly, this incredible tour will soon be coming to a close.

... were intoxicating and in the end it was pretty hard to get the soap off but hey it was better than nothing. The next day we went in the Land Cruisers to the mountain. It was pretty rough going and I understand why the need all wheel drive. We ended up hiking up the mountain to go see a gorilla family of 14 called the Mapuwa familly. We were five people and it seemed like a good ratio of people to see the gorillas. I was hoping that this was not going to be just a walk ...

... 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!!

... 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 ...

... we drive alongside lake Kivu from south to north. We like to drive in one day the approximatly 220 km from Cyangugu (in the south) over Kibuye to Gisenyi (in the north). You can enjoy beautiful views on the lake. Kibuye lies on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu, about ...