Lake Kivu is on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC city of Goma, which is immediately across the border, had been in the news recently because M23 rebels had temporarily captured it, but everything was calm and peaceful when I was in the area.
(Bird photos by Posh!)
In the morning we went on a boat ride of the lake.
We stopped to see local hot springs. The water was absolutely scalding and I could hardly stand to put my finger tips in. I don’t know how people could tolerate sitting in it!
There was a traditional dance show at dinner the night before. It was inevitable that we got dragged in, but since there are fortunately no photos of me dancing, here are some really awful European dancers instead.
