Rwanda

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Arrived in Kigali, pinching ourselves that we were actually there. We got a taxi into the centre to take us to a hotel that we had picked out of the guide book only to find that it had closed down. After some walking around with our bags we got a room in a cheap but friendly hostel -La Caverne. From 5 star to no star with nothing in between.
Kigali is a city of 600,000 spawling over a hilly area. It was dusty and hot but the streets were clean - plastic bags are not allowed at all in Rwanda.
On Sunday we got a mini-bus - Toyota Hi-Ace - with plastic seats and 17 other passengers to Kibuye. Three hours, a lot of winding roads, and a man behind us being sick out the window, we arrived in the comparative calm of Kibuye on the edge of Lake Kivu in the west of the country.
We caught motor bike taxis to a guest house on the lake and stayed there for 2 nights. It was really beautiful, our room overlooked the Lake so we watched the fisherman come and go and took a boat tour to the nearby islands.

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Photos

Lake Kivu
This is where we stayed for two nights, it was gorgeous

Tea Plantations and us
We stopped here to take in the views

Volcano Sabinyo - Kinigi
Taken in the early morning just outside our guesthouse

Pretty close to our furry friends
This was an amazing experience. There were 25 gorillas in this group, with one sliverback, 9 women and lots of babies - he's been a busy gorilla!

Men chatting in the road
This was taken out of the window of our minibus, on our way to Kibuye

Dixons - Rwanda
This stall was playing Glen Madeiros at full volume

Dan and children
We stopped outside a church and found a few interested locals

Lake Kivu - Gisenyi
Walking along the beach, chatting to the local children