Trip to Rwanda

[iamlowsound]

Back in June I went on a trip to Rwanda. As a picture says a thousand words, here is a few thousand word essay.

This is a typical view from the capital Kigali.

One of the people that I was traveling with

The people we were staying with, for the first week, were a little better off that the average person in Rwanda. Here are a few shots from around their house.

Showering out of a bucket, interesting.

Kigali street at night

A mud brick building and an outhouse. The outhouse scared me.


Some local kids.





Us learning to wash clothes African style, or so we are told.

Random people on the side of the road.

A church we were in, as a carpenter, the building methods scared the crap out of me.

Sunset shots.



More to come.

lowsound

[Nyarlathotep]

Subscribed. Cute kids lol.

[MakiSupaStar]

Wow. Cool stuff.

[Vorago]

Haha, check out that roof!

I was really expecting to see Latimours fat beardy grin in 17 different pictures when I saw the title.

[iamlowsound]

Some artsy shot of my bible.

Another sunset shot.

The genocide memorial. One of the most sobering experiences of my life. The big cement pads are mass graves, they are constantly digging up bodies and bringing them there. There is an estimated 800,000 bodies buried there now. I actually met the architect that designed it. When the flame in the first picture is burning, it means that it is during the 40 days when the genocide took place.






Kigali University.



Downtown Kigali and a crowded bus.





This place was always closed when we walked past.

A rasta that was selling pot in downtown Kigali

A few shots to break your hearts.



Enjoy.

lowsound

[Nyarlathotep]

Wow

[machine gewehr]

Aah kids,always doing what they do best anywhere on the planet,being a kid.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by machine gewehr

Aah kids,always doing what they do best anywhere on the planet,being a kid.

And running off with anything that they can get their hands on. I had a few water bottle grow legs, after that I kept everything valuable in my pockets or in my hands. Not that I don't blame them though. I wish I would have gotten more pictures of some of the "houses".

lowsound

[machine gewehr]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

And running off with anything that they can get their hands on. I had a few water bottle grow legs, after that I kept everything valuable in my pockets or in my hands. Not that I don't blame them though. I wish I would have gotten more pictures of some of the "houses".

lowsound

Yea,poor countries,poor kids...

[Anthbass]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Rwanda looks lovely.

[Valerus]

Is that you with the dreds?

[whoatherechunk]

awesome pics.

[bmc]

Thanks for those pics. There's a real charm to Africa that you just can't describe. You see poverty, broken sidewalks and very warm people. Good for you.

My daughter will be spending part of her summer in Kampala as part of the program she's in at university.

Thank you for posting that.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Valerus

Is that you with the dreds?

Dreads and beard? Yeah that is me. I cut them off, but I am in the process of growing them back.

lowsound

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by bmc

Thanks for those pics. There's a real charm to Africa that you just can't describe. You see poverty, broken sidewalks and very warm people. Good for you.

My daughter will be spending part of her summer in Kampala as part of the program she's in at university.

Thank you for posting that.

I have found that any 3rd world country that I have been in has been like that. Very welcoming people, we should take a lesson or two from them on hospitality.

I have the opportunity to go to Kampala in August for two weeks then back to the same part of Rwanda for a week. We will see how it plays out, but I doubt that I will be able to go. I don't think that I can afford it.

lowsound

[J. Crawford]

Lowsound is not Lowsound without the dreads and beard. Period.

My best friends dad just went to Africa, not sure where though. Said it changed his life for the better. Doesnt take anything for granted anymore.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Jordasch

Lowsound is not Lowsound without the dreads and beard. Period.

My best friends dad just went to Africa, not sure where though. Said it changed his life for the better. Doesnt take anything for granted anymore.

Thus why I am growing them back. Africa sure changed my perspective on the western world.

lowsound

[dangnewt]

Great pictures. Reminds me of a trip I took to Ghana in 2000 with a group from my church. Similar gorgeous countryside, simple structures, cute kids, and hospitality that was off the charts. It is amazing that the country has been come so far after such a terrible experience.

It may be a cliche that travel can change your life and that mission work tends to do more for the missionary than the missionee (is that a word ); but I can testify that both are soooooo true.

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by dangnewt

Great pictures. Reminds me of a trip I took to Ghana in 2000 with a group from my church. Similar gorgeous countryside, simple structures, cute kids, and hospitality that was off the charts. It is amazing that the country has been come so far after such a terrible experience.

It may be a cliche that travel can change your life and that mission work tends to do more for the missionary than the missionee (is that a word ); but I can testify that both are soooooo true.

Both of those statements are 100% true. I have been on 5 or 6 mission trips now and each one impacts me in a different way. Rwanda has been through so much, but the people and the government are working hard to work through those differences, put them behind them and look forward.

lowsound