Arrived in Gisyeni just in time for lunch
Avocadoes are endless in Rwanda which is great because they are a pregnancy super-food.
Beautiful views from our lodge
31+ weeks
Chris being funny
Hibiscus grow really well here
Sand beaches are small here because it doesn't come naturally. The geology is mostly volcanic rock, which makes the earth black and sharp, rather than sandy and soft.
Feeling big and uncomfortable
The area of Gisyeni borders Goma (in Congo) which is the hub for major volcanic activity. There is currently a volcano erupting and our friend Ben, and fellow MASSer, who we ran into on the Gisyeni Beach, took this photo right after he climbed one of the dormant volcanoes this past weekend. He took this shot at nightime.
Lush flowers
This picture doesn't show it quite accurately, but at a certain point, around sunset, the horizon is no longer visible and the water becomes one monotone hue with the sky, so you don't know where one ends and one begins. This is an effect that happened on Lake Tanganyika in Burundi too. Must be characteristic of this area in Africa.
really BIG
Stripes
31 weeks and 2 days
Chris posing like Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
Serenading me and the baby on the beach
We also randomly ran into our friends Josh and Emily who are doctors with PIH (Partners in Health, the non-prof that MASS designs hospitals for). Josh and Chris have been guitar buddy's for the last couple months and so they jammed for a bit too.
Tea fields during harvest season
Lake Kivu
Street view on the way home
