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- So Long Rwanda ... It's Been Swell !!Hello Everyone! Jan. 20/12 Today we woke up this morning at 6am to eat breakfast at the hotel. The plan was to eat early and then catch the matatu to the bus station, nyabagogo, so we could catch another bus to Posted by braycullen in Africa Bound | Jan 21, 2012
- Back in KigaliHello Everyone! Jan. 18/12 Today was quite an uneventful day really. We got up around 7am and walked into town for breakfast at the "Modern Restaurant" ... it wasn't very modern but the service was good and the food was Posted by braycullen in Africa Bound | Jan 19, 2012
- Now in RwandaWe made it to Nairobi at 8pm on sat. jan. 14 th ... I guess it would have been 11am Regina time!!! We had a driver waiting to pick us up and take us to our hotel. Since it was Posted by braycullen in Africa Bound | Jan 17, 2012
- Overland in Eastern AfricaFor the Eastern African part of our world tour, we decided to do something different. While we met travellers who successfully traveled across Africa independently, we heard that it took a lot of time and patience to use the Posted by Lis.L in Let's Go Get Lost | Dec 25, 2011
- Rwanda Trying to catch up peeps sorry for the massive delay! We arrived in Kigali on the Sunday evening, it turned out that the locals had pointed out a $200 a night hotel for us.. not within our budget, so we Posted by angcoleman in A year off... | Aug 11, 2011
- Mountain gorillas in RwandaRwanda has a very different feeling, compared to its neighbouring countries. The whole place is spotless – no rubbish, partly due to a ban on plastic bags in the country. It seems that every piece of land is cultivated; there Posted by AlTiffany2 in Alex's Round the World Gap Year | Jul 8, 2011
- Mzungu’s in the Mist: Uganda to RwandaFriday we crossed back into the Southern Hemisphere and drove to Kabale in Uganda near the Rwanda border. As we were setting up tents we there were all the heads sticking over the ‘security fences’ and Mzungu being called out Posted by neerg_08 in Nicole does Africa | Jun 13, 2011
- 2. Rwanda Sunday 12th June. Today we crossed over into Rwanda and visited the jenocide museum. I remember how sobering Cambodia was, so I had been psyching myself up for the visit for some time. Its one of those Posted by Jayne Breckon in Jayne's travel blog | Jul 20, 2011
- Tears for Genocide So across the border I crossed in to Rwanda. It was the easiest border crossing i have ever made. Just had a chat with the guy and got the stamp in the passport. A big Posted by benhowe2 in Ben & Sok's travels here and there | Jun 28, 2011
- Getting to RwandaMonika, Lusajo and I embarked on a mammoth trip to Rwanda by bus – it is really expensive to fly within Africa so we decided instead to take the bus. There are 2 ways to get to the west of Posted by angcoleman in A year off... | Jun 27, 2011
- Kibuye to KivuWe took our second consecutive Friday off from teaching this week to travel to the west coast of Rwanda to the city of Kibuye. Also on the very western part of Rwanda sits Lake Kivu, the largest body of water Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | Jun 20, 2011
- Halfway Through: Ending One MonthThe gang took their first day off from teaching this past Friday (July 10) to do some traveling, as we do almost every weekend. The last time we took a trip to Gitarama and the nearby town of Byamana, we Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | Jun 11, 2011
- MababaA few Fridays back, I posted about our trip to the southern part of Rwanda to visit and see many things. One of which was an NGO called "Mabawa". I later found out that I misspelled the name, it is Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | Jun 2, 2011
- Sunday VisitWe made a pretty fun-filled and exciting outing on Sunday, May 29, to a small village called Byamana, just outside of Gitarama. Gitarama is the second most populated city in Rwanda, after Kigali of course. JP had invited us when Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | Jun 1, 2011
- Rude AwakeningOn Friday, May 27, I awoke to Allie telling me to get my passport and come out to the living room. Drowsy and confused, I complied and joined the rest of the group sitting down with the same look on Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 30, 2011
- Teaching English as a Foreign LanguageMonday was our first day of teaching English to secondary school students in Kinyinya. We arrived at around 11:30 and met most of the faculty at this combined primary & secondary school in the village. As always, we were greeted Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 25, 2011
- First Week Comes to a CloseSince my last entry on this blog, I have seemed to lose track of the days. We've been doing so much recently that it is sort of nice not knowing which day is which. This first week here has been Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 21, 2011
- First Visit to KinyinyaMonday, 5/16 11:30 PM Strangely enough as we were gathered for lunch (soon after the last journal entry) talking about whether or not Alan would call us to come into the village today, the phone rang. “Of course we’ll come in Kinyinya Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 16, 2011
- Making ProgressMonday, 5/16 9:00 AM Normally this morning the team would be on our way to the village to begin working but we’ve encountered a minor setback. Alan told us that before we can officially begin our projects, he needed to meet Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 16, 2011
- Mzungus Arrive in KigaliAfter about 20 or so hours worth of traveling, the seven of us were able to make it into Kigali with 100% of our checked luggage! We were all pretty weary about checking anything, thinking that our bags full of Posted by WorldPeeples in The Land of A Thousand Hills | May 14, 2011
- Chasing Gorillas in the jungleDay three 30 jan 2011 Where to begin! We were up at 3:30am and ready for our 4:30am pick up. It was as we were driving through the streets of Kigali at this time that I started thinking Posted by ourlife in Life & Liberation | Feb 1, 2011
- slow beginningsDay One 28 January 2011 Well… so this is actually happening. We were up late last night, fumbling around finishing C’s uni applications, sorting out phones etc. Anyway, made it to the Qantas check in on Posted by ourlife in Life & Liberation | Jan 29, 2011
- Africa's Heart of DarknessOne of the most beautiful landscapes in the world,but also the recent showplace of humanity's most terrible atrocities. Drove from Kampala via Kisoro / Cyanika border to Kigali. Site of the worst genocide in recent history. Into the DR Congo (Zaire) Posted by LuxuryRogue in Gentleman Adventurer | Sep 20, 2010
- From Uganda to RwandaThe tourist trail, or I guess we could call it the Muzungu trail or gringo trail or banana pancake trail, is the route taken by the vast majority of backpackers in any given region. In Uganda this is much less Posted by pmunson in Peter and Meghans Big Trip | Sep 6, 2010
- Gorillas in our midst Friday, 11th June 2010 The day yesterday had been long, tedious and such a draining experience that I need to have slept on my ideas and thoughts to have internalised and expressed them, hence the blog this morning. “The world would be Posted by melsch in Melanie and David's Travels | Jun 11, 2010
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