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moto-taxi-ing around | comme ci, comme ça
https://floof.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/moto-taxi-ing-around
Comme ci, comme ça. June 21, 2010 in Uncategorized. Rates are negotiable. Most places in the city can be moto’d to for around $1 ( 580 RWF), but the experience is always worth whatever you end up paying. As a comparison, buses are 180RWF per person, and car-taxis are 2000-3000 RWF (for up to four people). To ride like a local, keep your hands calmly in your lap–resist the urge to hold onto anything. To avoid scandal, wear pants or skirts of an appropriate length and swingy-ness. 2blorg , by ted.
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Lac Kivu | comme ci, comme ça
https://floof.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/lac-kivu
Comme ci, comme ça. June 24, 2010 in Uncategorized. Few vehicles and even fewer roads in this part of the country means there are lots of people traveling on foot along the main road. We arrived in Gisenye, the largest of the three towns on Lake Kivu, and took a gorgeous moto-trip along the lake out to the smaller fishing village of Rubona to enjoy the water in a more intimate setting. Lake Karago.is not the most beautiful of lakes. Seas of lush Rwandan teafields on the way to Ruhengiri. Very different f...
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Nyungwe | comme ci, comme ça
https://floof.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/nyungwe
Comme ci, comme ça. July 8, 2010 in Uncategorized. Nyungwe is a mountainous rain forest in the southwestern corner of Rwanda (that also contains the most distant source of the Nile! Fun fact). I tend to get disproportionately excited about anything rain-foresty, so this was… indeed very exciting. Compared to rain forests in Belize, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica, Nyungwe feels less tropical, more untouched–roads have only been developed to access it since 2004 or so. Playing with a 300mm zoom. Also–wo...
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worldcup by moonlight | comme ci, comme ça
https://floof.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/worldcup-by-moonlight
Comme ci, comme ça. June 27, 2010 in Uncategorized. Once every few days, the power here snuffs out, usually briefly. It’s happened a few times while we’re teaching, which can be annoying, and last night it happened in a crowded local eatery / world cup watching venue, as we were waiting for the USA-Ghana game to start. This was all fairly distressing to the die-hard game watchers, but I thought it created a wonderful-surreal-ambiance (kind of reminiscent of Blue Bayou. 2blorg , by ted. Your hands are mine.
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In Rwanda | comme ci, comme ça
https://floof.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/in-rwanda
Comme ci, comme ça. June 18, 2010 in Uncategorized. The sunrise from my apartment in kigali. I’m here for the next 6 weeks, teaching a class at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology. We are south of the equator, so it is technically winter — though still 80 degrees and beautiful every day. You can follow my team’s official blog here. And my non-official thoughts on this blog. I’m also keeping a written journal (ish). And sketchpad. Is there such a thing as too much reflection? 2blorg , by ted.
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