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All of my photos are uploaded

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Ok, I finally got all my photos uploaded to FLICKR. Click the link at the top of this page to view my account. Unforunately I haven’t had the chance to rotate and label most of them but I will get to that eventually.

Enjoy!

Beer & Pizza Review #3

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

It has been a little while but I thought I would catch up on some Beer and Pizza reviews.

I never got to eat pizza in Rwanda so I can’t really review it. The beer is a different story since they had plenty.

Rwandan Beer

Primus Beer: Easily the worst beer I have had so far on my trip. Its brewery is in the town of Gisenyi where we stayed for a couple of days. I tried it in Ruhengeri after the gorilla trek and I was sadly met with a flat, watered down, digusting beer. There was absolutely no head and no bubble. In Primus’ defense I did someone else drinking it a few days later that had plenty of head and looked tasty so maybe I got skunky old beer.

Mutzig: Seems like it would be imported from Germany but the label says brewed in Kigali, Rwanda. Apparently this is a pretty big beer in Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo. It is hands down the best beer so far. It is a pale lager with a full taste blah blah blah IT JUST TASTES REALLY GOOD. Ordered plenty of petits and grandes. Very cheap too. Recommend anyone traveling in central Africa to stick to this instead of Primus.

Beer in Tanzania:

Safari Beer: Had a bottle on Pongwe Beach. In the bungalow there wasn’t too much space to put a drink down so I put it on the bed post and accidently spilled it. So really, I can’t report on this one. I’m sure the floor of my bungalow enjoyed it.

Kilimanjaro: This is my go-to beer in Tanzania. I have mostly been drinking it out of cans which for some reason always reminds me of Natural Light at home. It actually isn’t so bad. The can is bright yellow with blue and red. Kind of looks like a fruit juice can. Recommended over what I tasted of Safari and East Africa’s other big beer, Tusker.

Pizza in Tanzania

I ate pizza on the mainland but it was a terrible chain restuarant so it never had a chance of being good. I mean, I can enjoy chain pizza at home from time to time but this was terrible.

On Zanzibar we found a nice Italian resaurant whiched looked to be run by a German lady. We split a Greca pizza, tomatos, mozzarella and olives. I thought it was pretty good pizza. I realized after this one that all the pizza out of the United States had a specific flavor to it that I couldn’t quite pin down. It isn’t that it is bad but it is just much different and noticable to me, at least.

Last night after months and months of hearing about Zanzibar Pizza, Daisy and I visited the night stalls at the Garden in Stone Town. They cook up meat on a stick, seafood, naan, fries, and Zanzibar Pizza. It is different from any other kind of pizza. Made with beef, eggs, chili, dough and some other assorted ingredients. It isn’t pizza at all but it is definitely delicious. Daisy wasn’t kidding when she said I had to try it.

Some random photos

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The internet connection is rather quick here in Zanzibar so I thought it would be a good opportunity to get a few pics up. But don't forget to check below because I have updated! Sunset on Lake Kivu ... [Continue reading this entry]

Rwanda Review

Saturday, January 27th, 2007
Best Experience: Children smiling & yelling "MZUNGU!!!!" at us. Mzungu=white. Worst Experience: Arriving in Kigali and the money situation being difficult. Best Acommodation: Paradise Malhide Motel in Gisenyi Worst Accomodation: Castel Hotel (although it wasn't really that bad) Best Food: Fried Tilapia & goat ... [Continue reading this entry]

The trek

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Another photo of the trek. This is before entering the dense rainforest prior to visiting the gorillas.

Mzungi in the Mist

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Mzungi is another African term for foreigner. After 3 days of worrying about whether or not we would have finances figured out for the gorilla permits we finally purchased them and headed off to Ruhengeri where I currently am. It ... [Continue reading this entry]

Rwanda and the genocide

Monday, January 22nd, 2007
It has been a few days. Up until yesterday there wasn't much to write about. Daisy and I have spent the last couple of days trying to get our stuff straight for the rest of the trip in Rwanda. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Last day in Ethiopia

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
So, I made it through my time in Ethiopia. I told myself if I could get through this then the rest of the trip will be a breeze. It is unfortunate, just like my 2 weeks in Morocco ... [Continue reading this entry]

Stability in Africa?

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Who really knows how this is all going to turn out but for the time being, good news is coming out of central Africa. Today the Democractic Republic of Congo sworn in it's first elected president in over 40 ... [Continue reading this entry]

Final Countdown Pt II

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
1 month of work left. 6 weeks till I begin my journey. I'm officially cancelling the plans to do a safari this time around. Instead i'm going to spend the first 10-12 days in Ethiopia. It is ... [Continue reading this entry]