A local hotel in Gisenyi started a monthly "jungle party" with a BBQ, bonfire, DJ, and dancing. It was a lot of fun, I think there were a couple hundred people who travelled from Kigali to attend. Four of us drove up together early Saturday morning and enjoyed a fun-filled day (tennis, swimming, boat ride) and evening. Later Saturday evening we met up with seven others from Kigali for dinner and dancing.
Alexi, Jenny, and I stopped for a photo opportunity on the way to Gisenyi.
Alexi and Daniel
Daniel made sandwiches and homemade chocolate chip cookies for our trip.
Another photo stop.
We stayed at the Serena Hotel in Gisenyi.
The key ring had a cute wooden gorilla on it. This is the view outside of our patio from Jenny and my room.
Jenny and I (using my one-handed photo taking skills).
The beach view to the right.
Beach view to the left.
This is Daniel on the tennis court. We came prepared with our tennis rackets and tennis balls.
The four of us after our tennis match. We learned we play together well: none of us were very good!
Daniel and I in the water which was actually pretty warm. The temperature outside was about 85 degrees in Gisenyi.
Daniel and Alexi
We paid $10 to take a boat ride down the coast. We were close to the border of the Congo- but turned around because it's an area we are supposed to avoid. There is still some reported conflict on the border of Rwanda and the Congo, from the genocidaires hiding out there.
Headed to dinner
Early evening dancing
They call Rwanda the land of a thousand hills: I think I've taken pictures of at least 250 so far.
We traveled up and over a big mountain (or maybe two) and whenever we got up very high the temperature dropped to around 60 degrees. There was also an active (smoking) volcano we passed along the way- but the clouds prevented me from getting any good photos. I'll have to work on that!
This is a field of tea we passed, the tea plants are very beautiful.
This is a refugee camp; there are still a couple operating in Rwanda- 14 years after the genocide.
This is a pretty view of Kigali city in the distance on our way home.
4 comments:
wow, I want to paint from one of these pictures of the hills.
Looks like you had another great weekend! Thanks for sharing!
How nice that you are getting to travel so much in Rwanda and do such fun things. It is great that you have friends to accompany you on these adventurous trips. I love all the photos too. Dad is proud that all of his years of photography somehow "rubbed off" on you too!
Keep the travelogue coming!
Love, Mom
All the pictures you post are fantastic, keep taking them. It's amazing how greem things seem.
Thanks for all these pics! It's great to be able to keep up with a cousin this way. We missed you at the wedding, of course, but looks like you're having a great time.
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