Goodbye Rwanda, Hello Uganda

Tomorrow, I will be leaving Rwanda and heading back to Uganda.  It will take 3 days for us to make our way back to Gulu.  It has been an interesting experience in Rwanda, a very emotional one.  Seeing the memorials of the genocide is something that I would recommend for everyone to experience.  The amount of development that the country has undergone over the past 20 years is stunning.

Also the amount of forgiveness is humbling.  People on both sides of the conflict are living side by side.  I went to a women's group in Butare which consists of widows and perpetrators's wives.  It was humbling to see the women working together after the genocide.

It's very bitter-sweet leaving Rwanda.  This is definitely a place I would like to return to, however I'm excited to go back to Gulu and start my research.

Rwanda by pictures.

View of Kigali:

 Murambi Memorial Site in which thousands of Tutsi were killed during the genocide:

View from Murambi, surrounded by hills, which did not allow anyone to escape because they would be seen.

On our way back from Murambi:

The swimming pool in Hotel des Milles Collines (aka Hotel Rwanda).  This hotel housed many Tutsi during the genocide.

View of Kigali from Hotel des Milles Collines: