Volcano Sabinyo - Kinigi

Rwanda

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October 4th 2008
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 ar ... 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