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the land of a thousand hills

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I dint know the extent of which war can damage a country until i visted Kigali Rwanda where millions of innocent people mostly women and children lost their lives through genocide.

Rwanda is a beautiful country in the central africa. The capital city is Kigali. As i approched the airport i could see small houses from the air . The drive form the airport to the city is not so pleasant. I spent the night a Chezlando hotel which costs about 40USD.............. The next three days i spend them touring the country, i went to nyanza.....The land of the king, Here i visited the kings palace. Nyungwe rain forest is awesome, there is a waterfall and the birds singing is memorable, i also had a chance to see the columbus monkey. I visited lake kivu and spent the night in a town called gisenyi. on coming back i went up the virunga mountain to see the Gorillas. The primates are big and very friendly........as long as you dont scare them with flash lights from your cameras........ Visiting kigali cannot be complete without visiting the Genocide memorial. The visit to the memorial made me realsise that we need more love and peace for each other to make a better world. Rwanda should be visited by anyone with love for culture.

Favourite spots:
Virunga mountain and Nyungwe mountain- this two places are very green though its abit chilly but you will love the experience. I would definately go there, thanks to my travel agent, silverback africa safaris.

What's really great:
the friendly people of rwanda- the rwandese dance very entertaining. the beutiful gals with faces full of joy and when you see them smile you thank God that they finally found laughter and peace in their hearts after what they went through during the genocide

Sights:
Virunga mountains Volcanoes in gisenyi

Accommodations:
Chezlando Gorilla hotel

Restaurants:
Havana Fidodido

Other recommendations:
norhing else interested me

Published on Monday April 24th, 2006 by carolkags


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