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Phone tower.

The truth heals.

March 13th 2008
The crowd forms early outside the municipal building - a long, spacious, brick auditorium with barred windows and puddles on the slate-colored floor. Husky women in bright patterned dresses fan themselves in the shade; three stout nuns - wide and boxy as fullbacks - nod their crisp white habits with small, agitated flourishes, crucifixes bouncing from their bosoms. It’s half-past eight on a Wedn ... read more
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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
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Christopher Vourlias
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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info
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