I’ve been home in Montreal for a week now and have finally settled back into the rhythm of things. Simple things like supermarkets and the metro are very odd to me. However, I’ve been so well treated at DFGFI that I feel this culture shock would be much bigger otherwise.
My last day in [...]
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My Last Day
Posted in Personal, tagged africa, amahoro, conservation, Dian Fossey, foundation, fund, goodbye, gorilla, guide, intern, last day, mist, mountains, Musanze, nature, ngo, park, Ruhengeri, rwanda, tourism, tourists, trek, virungas, volcano on August 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Arriving in DRC
Posted in Personal on July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My first day in the Congo was a day of sitting in various seats while the world moved around me. I’m not sure why travelling makes people so tired and cranky. People sit in a chair all day most of the time anyway either in front of a computer or a T.V. Got up early [...]
It’s about time
Posted in Personal on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, OK. So I guess I should post something about my little trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here is a very large article for your reading pleasure. I know you all read these top to bottom and then go off and research exra information about it all… right?
Delay
Posted in Personal on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, well I was waiting for some clearance on these but I leave Rwanda in a week! So I’m going to post and then make changes as they are suggested to me. Enjoy!
Back from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted in Personal on July 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m back from a whirlwind week in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I’ll tell you all about it soon but I still need to catch you up on the stuff that’s been happening prior to the internet being struck by lightning and exploding incident. Some exciting stuff, I assure you.
Blogging has become all the rage in Ruhengeri
Posted in Personal on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When coming to Rwanda, I had many ideas of what I might encounter; fellow bloggers was not one of them. Two friends, one who had been living in Rwanda for the past two years and one who is a lifelong Rwandan have recently left for the United States. Both have blogs.
Jean Pierre Nshimyimana is [...]
My Rough Life
Posted in Personal, tagged Dian Fossey, gorillas, intern, Karisoke, Ruhengeri, rwanda, sarah connor on June 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So I can’t really post anything about the programs here for now but I can (I think) post maybe about how well I’m being treated. I’ve got to post something because I’ve noticed that the number of people reading this has dwindled from around 50 or so to about 5. I assume those 5 consist [...]
I’m still alive!
Posted in Personal on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Contrary to popular belief, I’m not dead. I have in fact been well and in good form but with way too much to do. More articles will be appearing maybe in a few days about all the people I’ve been meeting and the programs that have been organized in Ruhengeri by DFGFI. Why the gap you say? [...]
Karisoke tomorrow morning!
Posted in Personal on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No more laying about it seems. I leave for Ruhengeri first thing tomorrow morning where I am going to be visiting the Karisoke research center. Dian Fossey founded Karisoke in 1967 to observe the gorillas. Since then, the center has become so much more. I’m going to be seeing the clinic and schools that have [...]
My Arrival in Kigali
Posted in Personal, tagged arrival, Dian Fossey, gorillas, intern, kigali, ngo, rwanda, sarah connor, travel, volunteer on June 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
31st May – 1st June
I was tired. It had been a whirlwind past few days. I had flown to Amsterdam from my hometown Montreal in Canada and a few days later I rode in to Brussels by train. In comparison to the vibrant and bright city of Amsterdam, Brussels was drab and filled with tourists [...]
