Its hard to say what it exactly is but when you enter a room, a city or a country you either like it and feel welcomed or not. Leaving the MV Limbia (and hoping it will serve as ferry here another 100 years) this Friday, Feb 25th, around 1pm and entering Zambia I felt home right away. The immigration staff friendly, straight forward,... Read More »

Monday, February 21st I wanted to start with organizing things but quickly I noticed the quiet streets and learned that it is a national holiday. Luckily business would open in the afternoon so that I simply switched my plans and went for the Genocide memorials first. Nyamata is reached by bus within 40 minutes and another 10 minutes... Read More »

The gorilla trekking on Tuesday, Feb 15th, ended quiet harsh as I had to say good bye to Angela and Sarah after 10 days of travelling together. But, as hard as it sounds, it took about 4 minutes and I met the next Sarah. Not as crazy as the English one but Sarah from Germany was just as friendly and helpful. On the bus from Kinigi... Read More »

For all the marketing people out there. Here is something you can learn from……………. Now that is a honey…….after breakfast I ran a Marathon in 1:59h, my skin became smooth, all my fat dissapeared and my twisted knee got just fine…… Smile. ... Read More »

We have heard so many different stories on how easy or hard it is to get a Gorilla permit in Kigali. Today, Saturday, February the 12th, we will find out. But first we need to overcome the incredible simple breakfast at our hotel (tea and a banana plus bread but no butter, jam or so) by going to the 24 hour Nakumat supermarket at... Read More »