"If you remember, remember this....The Nazis did not kill 6 million Jews.....nor the Interhanwe kill 1 million Tutsis,They killed one then anotherthen another....Genocide is not a single act of murder,It is millions of acts of murder"This quote is from Stephen D Smith, the project Director of the Kigali Memorial Centre, the genocide memorial museum and education center in Kigali, Rwanda. Opened in 2004, 10 years after the genocide, it provides a place to grieve a...

We were warmly welcomed back at Banda Inns, in Kampala by Asteria, Stephen and staff and some of the other guests. One couple who were guests, form the US, were in Kampala finalizing adoption arrangements for their 15 month old Ugandan born son, Henry. The next day we hired James and the vehicle again and were up early to go to Entebbe so we could catch a tour boat to Ngamba Island in the massive Lake Victoria. Around 40 rescued orphan chimps are being rehabilit...

Dragging our aching bodies out of our tent, we limped down to the kitchen pavilion at Nyuringo Gorilla Camp for a filling breakfast. All in all, we were pretty much OK, with only a few bruises, scratches (particularly hands from grabbing spike filled vines) and sore muscles as a result of our strenuous gorilla trek the previous day. Robert, our host at the Gorilla Camp, lives part of the year in Switzerland and the rest of the year in Uganda. He is an interesting...

With pounding hearts we quietly eased our way down the last few vine tangled steep banks and there right in front of us was the large silver-back gorilla, Mishaya - just 3 metres away through the thick grass and foliage. He looked quite annoyed that he had company. Our hearts were pounding for 2 reasons. It has taken us an exhausting almost 3 hours of climbing, slipping, sliding and bumping our limbs in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to get to this point, but ou...

 Our last day of Egypt! It has been a whirlwind of temples, monuments, burial chambers, the wonders of the Red Sea and the challenge of Mt Sinai. History has been all round us at every turn. It was sad to part company with our Busabout travelling companions. Some went on to do a short tour of Jordan, but most were heading off either onto their next travels or home. We took a taxi for the one and a half hour trip to Sharm El-Sheikh, the closest airport. Sharm El...