Maasai Mara

Arrived to Kenya yesterday. Leaving to Maasai Mara to do a safari!

Kigali airport

FREE WIRELESS INTERNET!!!! And it's fast!

"WE DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAND"

If you should go to Kigali, I recommend you never go to Rainbow Hotel.

Tomorrow, Rwanda

Tomorrow I am leaving for Rwanda. The 20th is my friend's wedding. Upon arrival, I am scheduled to get a manicure, a pedicure and hair treatment.

I am taking the bus from Bujumbura to Kigali at 7am. Arrival scheduled at 1pm. The price for a one way ticket : 20000 Fbu. I ought not to forget my passport and visa...

Plastic bags are not to enter the Rwandese territory. At the customs, they are going to stop the bus and search it and throw away all plastic bags.

I have been writing over the last few days a long post about Bujumbura but it is difficult to write on a cellphone. I'll post it once it's ready.

Gufungura - to eat

I think I have never eatten so often and so much in my life. In fact, the verb to eat is the first word I learnt upon arrival, it was spoken so often.

When I was in the southern part of Burundi, I have been told that whenever they have guests, announced or not, they have to offer a meal. We went to three different places that day.

First few days in Burundi

I arrived sunday evening at Bujumbura. There is no internet connexion where I am staying and I have no internet connexion on my cellphone yet, so I won't be able to update often. I visited the southern part of the country and I went to Tanganyika lake. The people over there don't get to see white people often so they stare.. my friend told me to stare them down.. it works, but not always, a guy waggled his eyebrows at me.

I'll put more details when I get a computer.

Get set

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go*... There is only a few hours left until I go to the airport. I hope I am not forgetting anything. I am first going to Montreal, then Belgium and finally Burundi!!

* Lyrics from Leaving on a jet plane by John Denver (original) or Chantal Kreviazuk

Ready?

Well, almost! I am nearly done packing, although, it's quite hard finding clothes to wear nowadays...

Things I ought not to forget:

Malaria

I remembered that I didn't speak much about this... It's a parasite transmitted via mosquito bites. Those mosquitoes only go out at night. There are no effective vaccines yet, although medication, like Malarone, can prevent it. It's quite expensive, so it's better to have an health insurance.

Mosquito repellents with DEET work fine and it's also a good idea to sleep with a net around the bed.

Finally, visa for Rwanda

I finally got my visa for Rwanda, although  there was a few bump on the road. So now I have all my visas. I have all the things I need and maybe a bit more. All is left to do is pack!