09Mar09

Hi all,
All continues to go well.There are always some new experiences. Each day as we walk up to the centre we are greeted by a lot of children wanting hugs and to hold our hand. All have a big smile and a Bon Jour!
Donna is still teaching English and I am massaging shoulders and have tried to start the ladies stretching their shoulders regularily.
Last weekend we went to Akagera Park with some of the other volunteers.
We had such a good time!!!The park is small and not frequented by a lot of tourists so we were able to go off the trail and track animals by vehicle. Too see these animals in the wild was so exciting! We saw giraffes,zebras,monkeys,baboons, impallas, water buffalo and to end the day--a rare sighting-- a leopard. It was so beautiful.
At the gorilla area we had a gorilla-I think the story now is that he was at least 500 lbs- slowly saunter up to us and leap in a second on the roof of the vehicle and into the van!!
We were siting in the back with no escape root .We gently tried to shoo him away but he had another adgenda. I had a leftover sandwich which he quickly snatched and jumped out of the truck through the roof!!!!
After it was over we all laughed and laughed but the truth was that we were pretty scared. Of course the guide ,driver and men all exited the vehicle.The scenery in the Park and all thru Rwanda is totally gorgeous. The vegitation is lusch, and there are lots of flowers.