November 23rd 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Marine Ball: We arrived a fashionable hour late, missing the cocktail hour, but in time for the Marines’ presentation. For their birthday celebration, they had a video about people dying in comb ... 16 photos [full story]

November 15th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans
So, my Grand Gorilla Adventure turned out to be pretty much a bust! It was 10 minutes of “Gorillas in the Mist” followed by 30 minutes of “Gorillas in the Torrential Downpour” ... 11 photos [full story]

October 17th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans
I saw gorillas today. As close to me, from my seat at the bar, as the barman is now, with the silverback about as far away as the TV on the other side of the bar. And they were the most unfa ... 26 photos [full story]

June 14th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Left Ruhengeri this morning to make a few stops in the area around Kinigi, the town closest to the Verungas, on the road to the DRC. On our way out we saw two trucks of soldiers headed to the border. ... [full story]

June 12th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans
Woke up this morning at 5:15 to see the gorillas. After an hour car ride to the national park office, we signed in and were put in a group with a dual American/Rwandan citizen who lives in Richmond ... [full story]

July 18th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Observation: Red Eminem shirts are really common here. Question: How does a four year old Rwandan living in a remote village 45 mins walk from the nearest road end up with a "Hillary Duff 2005 US T ... [full story]

June 10th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Last night after dinner all the water in Ruhengeri ran out. It came back on at around 3 PM today. According to some of the locals, the water goes out once or twice a week during the dry season. We ... [full story]

June 9th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Uraho! Amakuru ni mesa. Rwanda is great. I once again slept a lot last night, a solid 10 hours. Woke up feeling like I got hit in the back of the head with a brick though. Heh, bricks. I'm fine now ... [full story]

July 18th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord
Slept a solid 11.5 hours last night. Toally wiped out from going 48+ without any sleep. We left the ghuesthouse at around 10 this morning for Ruhengeri. Lucky for us, the road between Kigali and Ru ... [full story]

May 26th 2009  Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans
Wow, oog in oog met de mountain gorilla’s in Volcanous National Park. Wat een ervaring! Na wat wikken en wegen hebben we toch besloten dat het bezoeken van de gorilla’s een must do in R ... 8 photos [full story]