Day 4
Isn't he beautiful?
This day started out a bit differently. It was the first day that Gem and I weren't doing something together. She had decided to go gorilla trekking and I had decided not to go because of the price. Anyhow, so she left early in the morning and I had decided to go on my own adventure. I had met Greg, a Rwandan tourist guide who had set up a community based orphanage just about 7 km away from where we were staying. He invited me to come along and told me that it would be best if I took the "scenic" route instead of taking a motorbike there. I was really up for anything as I pretty much had the whole morning. I set off with a German girl named Kaddi as my tour guide and we walked through little villages and saw rural Rwanda. Kaddi had been traveling around Rwandan and had met Greg which resulted in being recruited as a volunteer to assist at the new orphanage. The orphanage was were our journey was completed. We were warmly greeted by the children and were immediately asked our names. They took out their notebooks and asked for us to write down our names. I was a bit confused, but later on was swarmed by children giving me intricate and detailed paintings and notes saying things like :" I love you Annette, thank you for coming." It was a lovely gesture and I wish I could have stayed there longer. :) We also helped out on their recent project which is the construction of a tennis court!! We had to remove LARGE stones from the red dirt and make sure that it was perfectly clean of rocks!!The only mishap of my day was that while I was on my journey to the orphanage, I had a minor sunstroke. Never had one before, but thankfully Gem had some re hydrating powders and I was all right!! Nonetheless the day was wonderful, ending in lunch at Greg's house and then meeting up with Gemma once again.
We hopped on another bus and headed to Lake Kivu ( which borders Goma-the Congolese city that is in civil unrest at the moment and was also when we arrived there ...I'll explain about that later).
Isn't he beautiful?This day started out a bit differently. It was the first day that Gem and I weren't doing something together. She had decided to go gorilla trekking and I had decided not to go because of the price. Anyhow, so she left early in the morning and I had decided to go on my own adventure. I had met Greg, a Rwandan tourist guide who had set up a community based orphanage just about 7 km away from where we were staying. He invited me to come along and told me that it would be best if I took the "scenic" route instead of taking a motorbike there. I was really up for anything as I pretty much had the whole morning. I set off with a German girl named Kaddi as my tour guide and we walked through little villages and saw rural Rwanda. Kaddi had been traveling around Rwandan and had met Greg which resulted in being recruited as a volunteer to assist at the new orphanage. The orphanage was were our journey was completed. We were warmly greeted by the children and were immediately asked our names. They took out their notebooks and asked for us to write down our names. I was a bit confused, but later on was swarmed by children giving me intricate and detailed paintings and notes saying things like :" I love you Annette, thank you for coming." It was a lovely gesture and I wish I could have stayed there longer. :) We also helped out on their recent project which is the construction of a tennis court!! We had to remove LARGE stones from the red dirt and make sure that it was perfectly clean of rocks!!The only mishap of my day was that while I was on my journey to the orphanage, I had a minor sunstroke. Never had one before, but thankfully Gem had some re hydrating powders and I was all right!! Nonetheless the day was wonderful, ending in lunch at Greg's house and then meeting up with Gemma once again.
We hopped on another bus and headed to Lake Kivu ( which borders Goma-the Congolese city that is in civil unrest at the moment and was also when we arrived there ...I'll explain about that later).
Some of the kids giving me a hug...
My German friend Kaddi and some of the kids...
Our rural and scenic view
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