RWANDA | Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | Views [451]
Our third hike through mountains in as many days - fortunately not nearly as long as the other two. The monkeys were all around us, but moved so quickly that they were difficult to catch on camera.
CONGO (KINSHASA) | Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [1636] | Comments [1]
[author: Ide] Disclaimer: if you are offended by foul language or mind me generalizing a bit about certain types of assholes, please skip to the next post. Your pal, Ide On the day after the gorilla trek we were once again at the meeting point in ... Read more >
RWANDA | Sunday, 29 May 2011 | Views [1353]
(narrator: Ide] First let me say that I have yet to get hooked on the social media revolution, as most Facebook friends can attest. Rwanda has been an interesting trip to say the least. From the infrastructure - which stretched beyond the capital ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [1107]
After an average dinner the night before (soggy pasta with ham and cheese), and a really average breakfast in the morning (soggy toast with jam), we headed off to Ruhengari, or Musanze as it is now called, in part due to the President's desire to avoid ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [742] | Comments [1]
The war ended on July 4th, 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded from Uganda. The RPF was formed in 1987 from the descendants of the 700,000 Tutsis exiled between the first violent Hutu uprising in 1959 and those remaining in 1973. The ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [2617]
The memorial also dedicated a section towards some of the other genocides committed over the last century. The Hereros 1904 - 1905 24,000 - 100,000 Herero killed, 10,000 Nama killed Denial of the genocidal campaign has ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [495]
Not one additional peacekeeper arrived in Rwanda before the war was over. Belgian UN peacekeepers were evacuated at the start of the genocide. General Romeo Dallaire told New York that as few as 5,000 troops were needed to instill peace. Instead, ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [2418]
Francine Murengezi Ingabire Age: 12 Favorite sport: Swimming Favorite food: Eggs and chips Favorite drink: Milk and Fanta tropical Best friend: Her older sister Claudette Cause of death: Hacked by machete Bernadin ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [1943]
“With what weapon can we defeat the inyenzi once and for all? Only with machete. Let’s crush the cockroaches!” - Hassan Ngeze, Kangura newspaper Anne-Marie - 27 Immediately after hearing the news Hutu soldiers surrounded our home. We thought ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [1177]
In 100 days more than 1,000,000 people were murdered. 10,000 each day. 400 each hour. 7 each minute. Every minute of the day someone, somewhere, was being murdered, screaming for mercy. Receiving none. Women forced to kill their own children ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [4595]
Hutu general Juvenal Habyarimana seized power in a coup in 1973 and Rwanda became a one-party state. Habyarimana declared that all Rwandans were members of his party. To ensure ethnic superiority and political power over the Tutsis, his party was responsible ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [702]
The Ten Commendments of the Bahutu Published in Kangura Newspaper in 1990 1. Hutus must know that the Tutsi wife, wherever she may be, is serving the Tutsi ethnic group. In consequence, any Hutu who does the following is a traitor: - Acquires ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [958]
The media in the west often portrayed Rwanda as a land of warring tribes. This was not so. The Hutus, Tutsis, and Twa had lived in Rwanda for many centuries. Over the centuries intermarriage had occurred and the ethnic groups were no longer completely ... Read more >
RWANDA | Saturday, 28 May 2011 | Views [302]
The next eight posts are summarized or directly compiled from multiple sources - in particular from our visit to the Rwandan Genocide Memorial. I have attempted to be as factual as possible and not include any personal opinions. If anything is incorrect ... Read more >
RWANDA | Friday, 27 May 2011 | Views [594]
The clouds were heavy, black, and pendulous as we flew in to Kigali airport, Rwanda. As we cleared the cloud cover we were met by a verdant, lush landscape. Green as far as the eye could see, broken only by sharp orange slashes of road and sporadic ... Read more >
ETHIOPIA | Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Views [594]
Great things about Addis Ababa: Our hotel - The Wassamar Hotel Habesha Restaurant Bad things about Addis Ababa: Everything else Sentiment of the moment is, "I hate everything". My bag has now been lost for 4 days, soon to be ... Read more >
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Monday, 23 May 2011 | Views [1268]
I cannot believe it. My luggage is lost again. Just mine. To make matters worse, it is somewhere between Sierra Leone and Ethiopia – so that leaves a lot of links to go wrong. We are only spending two days in Ethiopia and in a different place ... Read more >
SIERRA LEONE | Saturday, 21 May 2011 | Views [435]
Camped out in the Sierra Leone airport thus far without drama. Picture Ide screaming and waving his hands around like a madman this morning when he found something crawling in his pants. It turned out to be...his pants. The hotel taxi and bag wrapping ... Read more >
SIERRA LEONE | Saturday, 21 May 2011 | Views [619]
Sitting in the hotel at the Sierra Leone airport with A FAST CONNECTION! You don't know how painful it has been, taking 10 minutes for every page to load. This keyboard does have a broken down-arrow key, but nothing's perfect. Yesterday was ... Read more >
SIERRA LEONE | Saturday, 21 May 2011 | Views [489]
Just kidding!!! For those of you concerned about whether Bubbles would be school goat or school dinner - the school is going to keep her and breed her (no guarantee that her children won't end on someone's plate though). However, they did change ... Read more >
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