Hotels Gisenyi Rwanda

... had to wait until 12:00 to get a bus the 1.5 hours up to Gisenyi.   We arrived in Gisenyi, and found a room in town.  There are many hotels along the beach, but they are expensive and not worth the splurge.  Our hotel is owned by a man ...

... at the reception in the hope that he might return later, and set off downtown to occupy myself for the afternoon. Gisenyi is a pleasant little town, especially considering the ugly nature of most border towns I have visited. The roads are mostly unpaved ...

... , up a hill and features extensive lava formations from the eruptions of nearby Mount Nyiragongo. Gisenyi is also home to BRALIRWA, the only brewery in Rwanda, which manufactures various local beers, Primus and Mutzig as well as Amstel, Guiness and 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 we intended to spend the night. Poor Foxy got a much more intense workout than she ...

... of the beach looked very pretty with grand houses and trees but from where I saw it I had no idea if it was even in Rwanda, let alone Gisenyi, so I didn't venture quite that far from my perch by the lake. It was overlooking such a perch that I made the ...

... Kigali the capital of Rwanda. The scenery on the drive was quite spetacular with lots of lush hills and an abudance of trees everywhere. Gisenyi is very close to the border of the DRC and is based on lake Kivu. The town itself is quite a pretty place ...

... as he channel surfs through the whole list, over and over, like a jittery dog marking his digital territory. Our laptop got pilfered in Gisenyi (downside) but not my pen (upside) so I write this entry out by hand like some kind of medieval scribe, or ...

... to Kibouye (sp?) but it was easier to go to Gisneyi and then Ruhengeri (for gorilla trekking) then anything else.  Gisenyi was alright - neither of us were particularly impressed and most of the half-decent hotels seem to be closed right now.  ...

... it on kids, they kind of look at us like we're crazy, although apparently our pronunciation is correct. On the way to Gisenyi I saw a few UNHCR sites and Matt learned that the man sitting beside us on the bus had just received his refugee papers and ...

... City offers tours, bars, and markets. After an incredable drive on paved roads we arrive at the Congo border town of Gisenyi.  A massive man-made wall seperates the two countries.  Not at all like Africa – more like Bermuda...beaches, ...

... length of a driveway if it was stretched out straight) at dangerously high speeds.  We arrived and found a room at Auberge de Gisenyi, a pretty non-descript low-budget hostel -- our room had running (cold) water and a toilet, but no toilet seat and ...

... armed with AK-47s hanging ominously from their shoulders.  The 300 or so meters of road that separates the resort town of Gisenyi with its sand beaches and terraced hotel lawns from the sprawl of Goma, which is a grimier image of the same thing, ...