Roaming Rwanda

Monkey trekking in Africa one would say is too good to be true. That is what happened yesterday morning. Nguyene National Park has a whole section of a forest dedicated to display and protect monkeys. Seeing the flat top trees remind you of movies like Lion King.  They served as a reminder that you were truly in Africa. After hiking a little while  we saw a whole family of monkeys in the trees. We were admiring their crazy nature and their grace, hopping from one branch to another. I couldn't believe it. One was extremely huge. I felt bad for the branch. I was overjoyed we had a hike that morning. It prepared us for the long drive we had back. However, the drive was miraculous due to the fact we saw nothing ahead of us but hills and jungles. On our way back, we stopped at the Ethnographic museum, one of Rwanda's famous history museums. A lot of the information was really interesting. The last king of Rwanda lost his mother because she was executed for a palace scandal.  His successor, his son, only reigned for a few months. A rebellion broke out  during his reign and the pressure led him to commuting suicide . Finally , we reached the hotel in muhungo again. I have been from one side of Rwanda to the other within a matter of 2 days. It's incredible. The song for today is one most of you know from the movie Forrest Gump, Running on Empty by Jackson Browne. Like Forrest, we were just running around, seeing a lot of the country side. We had our first day of teacher training today. I will tell you all about it later on.