1The first impression one (Australian) gets upon arriving in Rwanda is the amazing greenness and abundant vegetation. Beautiful soil and abundant rainfall located just under the equator guarantees lushness galore!
The second impression as one enters the capital is the teeming mass of humanity. There are just more people out and about everywhere all the time. Friendly, happy people hugging and greeting, walking hand in hand and laughing. Underneath is a typical Kigali scene.
More green more intensive agriculture. Three harvest seasons a year. about 6 weeks of little rain. July is mid summer, a couple of moderate rain weeks either side of the dry and rain nearly every day for the rest of the year.
There is a constant arguement between Rwanda and Uganda as to the source of the Nile. Here it is, in the South east of Rwanda between Butare and Maraba.
There are memorials to the 1994 genocide of Tutsis all through the country. This one is at Murambi, the site of a boarding school where between 15-30,000 Tutsis were gathered for "safety" under French army supervision and were all killed. This photo shows the tender age of some of the victims.
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