Kigali is like a European city. That was our first impression of Rwanda’s capital. Clean, modern with good roads and efficient public transport, this city is a million worlds away from Kampala and the other places we visited during our time in Uganda. Claire and I are staying at Yambi Guesthouse up on the hill […]
The Kigali Genocide Memorial is a harrowing experience, but one which you cannot overlook if you are visiting the Rwandan capital. Over a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in just under 100 days in 1994, and the memorial that Claire and I visited was the burial place of over 200,000 of those victims. […]
Claire and I were hanging out at Yambi Guesthouse with Patrick, the manager, when he told us that there was a football match taking place at the weekend. The game, an African Champions League clash, was being played at the Amahoro Stadium, the Rwandan national stadium. APR, the current Rwandan champions based in Kigali, were […]
After a fun filled and relatively cosmopolitan time in Kigali, Claire and I decided to spend a bit of time on Lake Kivu in the far West of the country. We were after some peace and quiet. We hopped on a bus to a small town on the lake called Karongi and a few hours […]
“No!” shouted the man in the corner of the bar, angrily, “You said there were over thirty deaths, which means that Istanbul is not correct. There were that many deaths in Ankara, not Istanbul.” This man was yelling out during the marking phase of a quiz, challenging the quizmaster when she said that either Istanbul […]