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We’d heard that everyone in Rwanda is terribly polite and this proved to be the case. The first people we met after the border were these lovely students who came to welcome us to their village and the country as we stopped to take some photos at a lake. They had been learning English in school and were keen to…
There is quite a contrast between urban & rural Rwanda. Off course you could say that about every country, but here I think the contrast is highlighted by the sophistication of urban Rwanda. Not just Kigali; all the bigger towns we have been through appear to us to be a level of development & sophistication above the average African town.…
Rwanda has been a country I have been looking forward to visiting for some time now. My father worked out here with the MSF shortly after the genocide in 1994 and, although I sadly never had the opportunity to speak to him in detail about his experiences, it has always struck with me that his experiences in this country moved…
Genocide Museums We headed up for a cultural trip to the area that was hit the worst during the Genocide in Rwanda – Gikongoro, which is just outside of Butare (Huye). In 100 days over 800,000 people were killed by the Hutu’s with machetes in the name of an evil belief that was spread by tribal leaders who made all…
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!! Worth every penny and so much more. You only get an hour but it is truly magical!!! …
Lake Kivu was amazing, it reminded me of Switzerland rather then Rwanda Dinner on Lake Kivu Lake Kivu Lake Kivu…
From Kigali we headed west to Nyungwe National Park, a high altitude, mountainous rainforest that is about a 5 hour drive from the capital. Monika and Martin who had left for the park a day earlier had had issues finding camping there (the parks board apparently were charging $30pppn for a site with no water or facilities!) and had kindly…
Back in Kigali we returned to the Step-Town Motel. Located very central and at a bargain price with clean rooms, a good hot shower, beautiful views from the balcony and by far, the loveliest staff we’ve come across, this place was a winner. So much in fact that we stayed in Kigali for a week; it was the perfect place…
Entry into Rwanda was pretty quick, despite the fact that we had a bit of an issue with our visas. We did do a quick check a while back on what the requirements were for a Rwandan visa, but should have followed up further*. If we had done that we would have known that we were supposed to have arranged…
Population in 2011: 10.9 million (Source: UN Human Development Report 2011) Capital city: Kigali Official language/s: Kinyarwanda, French, English (Source: Lonely Planet) Currency: Rwanda Franc (RWF) (Source: www.xe.com/ucc/) Famous for: The Mountain Gorrillas and (sadly) the 1994 Rwandan genocide (Source: Various) HDI ranking 2011: 166 of 187 (Source:UN Human Development Report 2011) GDP per capita (PPP$) 2009: 1136 (Source: UN…
1994 het jaar dat Joris 18 was en Merel de respectabele leeftijd van 13 bereikte en aan het einde van het jaar zou onze Landrover in elkaar worden gepopnageld. Nelson Mandela werd verkozen tot president van Zuid-Afrika, het eerst paarse kabinet ziet het licht en Regilio Tuur werd wereldkampioen boksen . In 1994 heeft ook de genocide in Rwanda plaats…
After spending four days at Akagera Park we headed for Kigali. Now all African cities so far have been the same, dirty, traffic and loads of people everywhere, however, Kigali is different. This city is clean, peaceful and welcoming. Not only Kigali but we have found the whole of Rwanda like this. The people are the friendliest people we have…