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Next to lake Kivu
Next to lake kivu lies Bukavu, or as the UN Canadian pilot called it, "bookvoo". We stayed at the orchids hotel which lied directly next to the lake. Kayaks are available for rent to paddle around the beautiful lake. The hotel restaurant was very good and the food easy on the stomach and included great views. Misquito meeting is provided in each of …
Gorillas in the Mist (I mean swamp)
Last Tuesday was undoubtedly the highlight of our trip so far! Fiji was fun, West Coast Trail was awesome and Karen's Cottage very cool. But seeing Gorillas in the wild is absolutely amazing! We are still now, days later, pinching ourselves over how incredible it was.
The setting was Kahuzi Biega National Park, located about an hours’ drive (40km) from Bukavu. We set out around 7am with a friend Katherine, who is here for 2 months conducting ...
Getting in Touch with Our Spiritual Side
It's in places like Bukavu where the opportunity to sit in a 3 hour long Church service can be a highlight. Church services in the Congo are a bit like a U2 concert, lots of good singing, music, dancing with some preaching on the side. So on Sunday morning after a nice 7:30am sleep in we headed off to Church a small village around one hours drive from Bukavu. The main reason for going so far was like always due to some local connection that leads to an invitation. ...
Panzi Hospital
Our bags are totally unpacked and the room has exploded with clothes, books and shoes. As a sign of our newfound domesticity I've decided to start writing a bit about Congo, the work we are doing here and so on. So no action packed Pete and Karen Adventures this time (though there are more of these to come). The following is a very simplistic, boiled down background to Congo, but it’s important to understand to put into context of the work that Karen is ...
A week in Bukavu
So I'm going to start this entry with all the simple things that you always want to know about someone living and working in another country, but the never tell you. So here we go:
Where are we staying?
We currently have a room at the Swedish Pentecostal Mission in Bukavu. So yes we are staying with a group of Swedish missionaries whose average age is probably 65 (including us in calculations!). But it’s a nice compound with gardens, it’s safe, and easy ...
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