http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Burundi en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:48:31 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:48:31 BST A very big hello jambo sana from Bujumbura Burundi. It has been non stop for Carissa and I since we arrived in Nairobi Kenya last Tuesday after a marathon 34hrs of travel Sydney Bangkok London Nairobi. Upon arriving in Nairobi we met up with Carissa's parents who are here to preach at two separate missions conferences as well as visit a prison that our local church back home has built to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/blog-302589.html Hello my dear friends family students and those I have not yet had the pleasure of meetingAs many of you may know after looking for opportunities to live in other countries for a number of years I have been given the chance to move to Burundi East Africa this summer to volunteer with a Christian organization called Amahoro Africa. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/West/Bujumbura/blog-274641.html The bus winds thought the mountains and I sit and stare. The border was easy and twenty dollars has bought me a threeday transit visa. The bus has collected a lot more passengers and is now full of singing Christians. Irsquom pinned against the window by the lady sitting next to me and her unbelievably large arse. The group is in full swing and the sound of voices is almost deafening. The girl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/blog-157089.html I don't know how many reasons you need to visit a country. For Burundi I had two. See the title of this blog to discover the two reasons. Maybe you could add a third the fact that I didn't know anyone else who had been here but it is principally cakes and beaches that led me to board an overcrowded minibus for the arduous journey south from Rwanda.Cakes Burundi is the most Francophone of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/West/Bujumbura/blog-134595.html The taxi bicycle is one of public transportation readily used in Bujumbura. Additionally small vans for city routes and larger buses for transportation over land between Burundi and other nearby countries provide other alternatives to the public. During my stay in Bujumbura I'm positive that I saw thousands of bicycles. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/blog-26947.html I'm writing to you from Bujumbura Burundi Africa. Burundi is nestled between TanzaniaZaire and Rwanda. I've been here since November 2nd and will be departing on November 19th. It is listed as being one of the poorest countries in the world. Additionally there is a civil war going on at the same time. As such there are some restrictions on my ability to move around the region. Still I http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Burundi/blog-26946.html