Lake Kivu sits on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). It is surrounded by deliciously green hills, every last inch of which is cultivated with sorghum, maize, beans, potatoes, tea, bananas, bananas, and more bananas. The soaring mountains of Volcanoes National Park, and their famous inhabitants, the mountain gorillas, watch over the lake from the north. Countless little villages dot the Rwandan shore, perched beside a hellacious dirt road running north to south (and zig zagging along the shore in every other direction imaginable). We had an incredible week along the lake - relaxing along the picturesque, island-studded shores of Kibuye; learning about village life from our friends Lodz (doing research at a district hospital) and Victor (running an orphanage for 50 kids); and gasping at views from atop the
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