Rwanda

I've spent 7 of my last 12 years in Africa, traveling extensively in 17 countries on the continent. I first went in 1994 when I was an exchange student at the University of Zimbabwe (through a California State University program). That year at UZ was a fantastic learning experience; I had such a great time that I decided to stay in the country as long as I could. So I became a teacher at a ritzy high school, St. George's College, right next door the president's house. That gig lasted only 6 months, though, as the immigration officials did not deem that I had absolutely necessary skills for the country. Damn them!

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HOLY GROUND - the huge Catholic Church in Butare which endured great hardship during the genocide of 1994, 8 months before I visited
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CHURCH
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GUIDE - the guide at the History Museum outside Kigali
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COKE IS IT! - bullet holes riddle this sign, a relic of the war
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BROKEN car-casses litter the landscape
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MODERN RUINS - once a nice office block, now a windowless ruin
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Eden Abraham
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DORM MATE - this was my entertaining dormie at the church dorm I bunked at in Kigali. He regaled me with stories of UFOs and other strange encounters he had personally experienced.


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