The guest house of L'Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda in Cyangugu was perfect for travellers. | | |
| | The guest house was located on a hill right on the edge of Lake Kivu, which made for a stunning view of the lake. Across the lake one could see Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| | Following the path, one comes upon a sign that reads, "To the Plage", pointing the way to the edge of the water. The path leads down the steep heel to a staircase made of posts and logs. |
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At the bottom of the stairs lay a pier that extended into the lake, away from the edge, which protects one from the parasites which can be passed to humans from the snails that feed on the reeds in the shallow water. Luckily, the poisonous gases are not at this part of the lake. The lake at this point extends into a little cove below the guest house. |
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| The shack and the hollowed-out log boats by the pier made for perfect subjects to be photographed. If only I would have bought that better camera before my trip. | |
Since I had seen hardly any animals (that I couldn't see back home on my grandparents' farm) since my arrival in Africa (OK, I saw a Camel in Mombasa), I decided to travel from Cyangugu back to Kigali through the rain forest. Once inside, the temperature drops; even from the road the thick jungle looks foreboding. | | |
| I had heard that monkeys could be seen on way, so instead of sharing a bus (much like the matatus of Kenya) I hired a driver to take me along the route. We found a small waterfall. | | |
I also got to see fields of Rwandan tea being grown. | |
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| | After a while we finally found a few monkeys resting in the road; they quickly ran off as we approached. | |
We found another group of monkeys, and I managed to get another picture, though not much better. It was worth hiring the taxi, I suppose, but these were expensive monkey pictures. | | |