We’ve crossed the border from Rwanda into Tanzania towards the end of our cycling day today. Rwanda has been short, but a very pleasant experience for all of us (personal illnesses and ailments aside). The country is often called the Switzerland of Africa, and rightly so. I see a lot of parallels between Rwanda...
Day 53: Don’t eat if you’re not hungry!
I stuffed myself with spaghetti bolognese last night for dinner. After a week of diarrhea, I thought I’d need some energy and forced myself to finish my plate. That was a very bad decision. I felt sick from the moment I got up from the dinner table, and felt absolutely terrible this morning. Unable...
Day 52: Gorilla trekking in Northern Rwanda
We went to see the gorillas this morning. On strong recommendation from Julian, we picked the Susa gorilla family, which is the biggest but also the least accessible. It is also the same group studied by Diane Fossey during her time in Rwanda. After more than an hour’s drive, partly on terribly rocky dirt roads...
Day 51: This is Africa!
I went to the Rwanda Tourism Office early this morning to obtain my gorilla trekking permit. The office opened at 8am, and I hoped to be back at our lodge within an hour in order to get a lift with Paul and Wendy. They had pre-arranged a driver to go up north to where...
Day 50: No need to rush
I was the last one out of camp again this morning. Today, however, this was neither intentionally nor due to lack of energy. Going back and forth from my tent room to our meeting place, getting my bags loaded onto the truck, and navigating my bike through the stair alleys between the permanent tents...
