the family



From: Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans

Rwandan  Flag In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... [read more]
Blog: Visiting the Virunga Volcanoes
Date: October 15th 2007

The Anniversary

This blog posting finds me at a very interesting landmark: roughly one year since I left the United States! My last day in Seattle was the 18th of October, 2006, which in some ways feels like a lifetime ago, and in other ways feels like it was only yesterday. Since that time, I've begun speaking a new language (Kiswahili), visited five countries, held two volunteer posi ... read more







Tot: 0.041s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 8; qc: 43; dbt: 0.027s; 1; s:notus w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.5mb