Kigali City Saturday- Drive to KigaliWe do not need to leave Musanze until 10am. It’s a sleep in day but I am now so wired to get up at 5am that sleeping is useless so I take the time to update the blog.Today we are driving through the mountains to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The day is sunny. When we get to the van, we find that Bosco and Vincent …
Golden Monkeys at Volcanoes National ParkHeading to Volcanoes National Park We leave the hotel at 6:45am. It is overcast with a light drizzle. Mist is sitting low in the surrounding mountains. Dressed in our usual trekking gear, we are heading to Volcanoes National Park to see the endangered Golden Monkeys. The road is paved and very smooth. Most of the lower landscape is covered with fields of crops.We make a quick …
Lake Bunyonyi and On to RwandaWednesday – Leaving BwindiIt is very cool and overcast when we leave our resthouse accomodations in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. My favourite t-shirt is still slightly damp from the other day so I hang it over the suitcase in the back to dry.The manager of the resthouse and her five month old, absolutely adorable baby, hitch a ride with us for 1.5 hours …
