GORILLA TREK

MAGNIFICENT GORILLAS AND THE MEMORY OF GENOCIDE..

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June 13th 2008
Drove 70 kms to the Rwandan border. It opens at 8am so we have to wait a bit, meanwhile money changers are hounding us. Everyone else in the truck got free visas except for the Aussies who have to pay $60!!From there we drove up and down beautiful green fretile hills, valleys, lots of crops planted in this obviously fertile land, the soil is rich red in color, quite verdant scenery. We stopped at ... read more

Africa » Rwanda » Ville de Kigali

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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