Gorilla trekking, Rwanda
From: Africa » Rwanda » Province du Nord » Parc National des Volcans
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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: Rwanda and the mountain gorillas
Date: October 31st 2008
Faced with the prospect of several days on a bus, and several different buses at that, we'd taken the ‘flashpacker’ option and flown from Arusha in Tanzania to Kigali in neighbouring Rwanda. We’d barely left the airport before we started spotting differences - roads were quieter, streets were clean and roundabouts (they actually had roundabouts!!!) were covered with grass and flowerbeds. Th ... read more
Date: October 31st 2008
Faced with the prospect of several days on a bus, and several different buses at that, we'd taken the ‘flashpacker’ option and flown from Arusha in Tanzania to Kigali in neighbouring Rwanda. We’d barely left the airport before we started spotting differences - roads were quieter, streets were clean and roundabouts (they actually had roundabouts!!!) were covered with grass and flowerbeds. Th ... read more
Comment on Gorilla trekking, Rwanda
My story so far....
2005: Left the UK and headed to New Zealand, spending a great year working in Wellington and travelling the country - vineyards, trekking , kayaking and more.
2006: When my working holiday visa expired I booked a ticket to Singapore and had an amazing 6 months in Asia - Orangutans in the Borneo rainforests, Tibetan plateaus and the ancient temples of Bagan and Angkor.
2006/07: Out of money but not quite ready to return to the UK I moved to Australia for 9 months or so, living in Sydney, travelling the East Coast and rea... full info
| Joined: | June 20th 2005 |
| Status: | BLOGGER |
| Blogs: | 112 |
| Photos: | 3,687 |
| Forum posts: | 16 |
| TB Code: | [photo=3290681] |
Options
Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved
The text and photos of this article remain the copyright of the Author (Willow). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the Author (Willow). If you wish to use or publish photos or text from this article - please
Contact Wendy Smyth (Willow) - a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.