
RWANDA
Location - East/Central Africa; Capital - Kigali; Population - 10 million; Currency - Rwanda Franc MORE RWANDA
From Kampala, Uganda we took a bus direct to Kigali, in December 2007.
1000 Rwandan Francs
Nyamirambo mosque in the Muslim quarter of Kigali
Selling fruit in the Nyamirambo area - Kigali

Kigali city centre
The Kigali Memorial Centre is a memorial to the 1994 genocide.
It is the resting place for around 250,000 people who died in Kigali and surrounds - Kigali
The museum is excellent and well worth visiting.
The wall of names has a long way to go to be completed - Kigali Memorial Centre, Kigali

The Kigali Memorial Centre houses a museum, gardens and a documentation centre
Mass graves in the Kigali Memorial Centre - Kigali
Between 800,000 and 1 million people were killed in Rwanda over a period of only 100 days, starting in April 1994.
I've read 2 very informative books about the genocide -
Season Of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed Along With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
- Shake Hands With The Devil by Romeo Dallaire, the UN Force Commander in Rwanda from 1993, is also meant to be a very good account
Part of the memorial gardens - Kigali
Visit the Kigali Memorial Centre website here
The Centre was established in partnership with the Aegis Trust
View of Kigali from the Memorial Centre
Walking along Rue de la Securite, just north of Nyamirambo mosque, we saw the amazing sight of hundreds of bats clinging to the trees, in broad daylight - Kigali
Rue de la Securite - Kigali
A spot of construction work on Rue Kalisimbi - central Kigali
The influence of football and the English Premiership shows itself in Kigali
Hotel des Milles Collines and it's assistant manager at the time of the genocide, Paul Rusesabagina, were the inspiration for the film Hotel Rwanda - Kigali
More about Paul Rusesabagina here
More about Hotel Rwanda here
The view from the top floor restaurant at Hotel des Milles Collines - Kigali
Swimming pool at Hotel des Milles Collines - Kigali
Night time view from Hotel des Milles Collines, Kigali
The site of Radio Rwanda.
I'm not sure whether this was the location of the former station RTLM, aka Hate Radio, which broadcast Hutu Power propaganda at the time of the genocide - Kigali.
RTLM explained here
Ecole Technique Officielle was the setting for the film Shooting Dogs - Kigali
More here
Shooting Dogs official website here
Motel Bella is a colonial house close to the shores of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi, north west Rwanda
Motel Bella's gardens, leading to Lake Kivu - Gisenyi
The beach outside Hotel Kivu Sun - Gisenyi
Lake Kivu and Gisenyi's beach, with the DR Congo town of Goma stretching westwards
The cacti get pretty big in Rwanda, Gisenyi
The DR Congo border is a short walk from Hotel Bella in Gisenyi - this photos shows the outskirts of Goma, close to the border
100 DR Congo Francs
A very active Nyiragongo volcano, in DR Congo - Gisenyi
The grounds of Jamila Beach between Gisenyi and Rubona.
Jamila is the very amiable owner of Motel Bella in Gisenyi.
In December 2007 she was a few months away from opening Jamila Beach.
We'd pop over to Jamila Beach for a day out - Gisenyi
Lunchtime overlooking Lake Kivu at Jamila Beach, with Marie (working for the UN in Goma), my friend Christina, and Jamila - Gisenyi
The gardens of Jamila Beach - Gisenyi.
Email her at jamgisen@yahoo.com for more info about Jamila Beach.
These fishing boats at Rubona are linked together for stability - Gisenyi
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LINKS
www.rwandapartners.org - helping Rwanda's 'healing and restoration'
www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda - Human Rights Watch analysis of the genocide
www.rwanda-direct.com
www.rwandatourism.com - Rwanda tourist board (ORTPN) are responsible for the issuing of gorilla tracking permits
www.rwandagateway.org
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