Monthly Archives: November 2012
Hybrid monkey love
In the last post, I mentioned seeing a hybrid monkey among the Colobus monkeys. The name was so odd that I didn't think I had heard it right! But sure enough, hybrid monkeys exist. They are the infertile offspring of a Mona and a red tailed monkey (when I uploaded this video to YouTube, … Continue reading
Colobus monkey watching
Posh and I had to decide if we wanted to go on a canopy tour or go on a Colobus monkey trek in Ngunywe National Park. At first we planned to go on the canopy tour, but after the excitement of seeing the chimps, we wanted to see more wildlife and opted for the Colobus … Continue reading
Chimpanzee trekking
The rest of the drive to Ngunywe took us past a sprawling refugee camp. For the rest of the week, we noticed the ubiquitous presence of tarps from the UN High Commission for Refugees across the country. We arrived at our hilltop hotel in a downpour after driving up a slippery mud road. Posh … Continue reading
Murambi Genocide Memorial
It's been so easy to put off finishing this post for the last few weeks. Life has kept me happily busy of late, so I haven't wanted to dwell too much on seeing the horrors of Rwanda's genocide, but I've finally finished my post about the Murambi Genocide Memorial. The blog should be regularly updated … Continue reading