Rwanda in 2 minutes

wall of names, Kigali, Rwanda

Part 5 of 18 of the adventures of Milady Landy in Africa. Rwanda, forgotten genocide An impression of our travels in Rwanda in about two minutes. More on our adventures in Rwanda on these pages.

The Baobab

baobab in Tanzania

Across Africa, we encounter my favorite tree, the baobab. In the first months of our trip the baobab was mainly a dry tree “with the roots up”. Once we saw a flowering baobab in Namibia, which I wrote about then. In Tanzania, in late November, early December, we see the baobabs are greener and are […]

Remembering 1995

wall of names, Kigali, Rwanda

In 1995 I (Gert Jan) met sub-Saharan Africa for the first time, a memory that came back today at all vehemence. How I became acquainted with this part of the continent was actually pure chance. I worked also with Lievense Consulting Engineers then (now Lievense ) and was asked if I wanted to go to Tanzania […]