We arrived on a Sunday and I was amazed that the streets were almost totally devoid of traffic. I asked Jamie about the lack of cars. She said it was partially because it was Sunday, but also [Read more...]
The first time I saw them, I had to laugh. Men in business suits and women in dresses and high heels--riding on the back of a motorbike. Few people have cars in Rwanda and motorbikes are [Read more...]
The tiny hunter green SUV was our transport for the week. A nod to home and her roots was the very large magnetic sign that proudly yelled “OU.” One of the regular visitors from the [Read more...]
The gross betrayal of the Tutsi’s in the 1994 Genocide was incomprehensible. The Hutu’s killed the President of Rwanda and ordered all Tutsi’s to be executed. Hundreds of thousands died. Marriages [Read more...]
The bad news that started us out—a cancelled flight and re-route to Istanbul, Turkey—landed with us. (See March 21, 2015 blog post.) We finally arrived in Kilgali, Rwanda, Sunday morning instead of [Read more...]
How can a flight just cancel out of thin air? No snowstorm, No ice, No mechanical problems, Just an email notice blaring. I should have checked sooner I guess. But with the rush to get [Read more...]