Thursday, 14 April 2011

Rwanda Journal, Entry 9: Missing the Sea

Exam is done and it's back to travel preparation. Travel insurance, Rwandan student visa and vaccinations are next on the agenda. Once these are taken care of, I'm heading back to the Maritimes.

I'm excited about heading home, Ottawa starts to wear on me. I miss the ocean and don't feel like myself when I'm away from it for too long. Not sure why exactly, but I guess I was raised in coastal areas and never quite adapted to the climate anywhere else.

I'll need to soak it up when I head home this time, Rwanda is landlocked. Despite this, Rwanda borders one of Africa's largest bodies of water and I am unbelievably excited to see it.
 Lake Kivu lies on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For generations it has supported fishermen in both countries. 
In the mid-nineties–at roughly the same time that the Atlantic fishery was collapsing–armed conflict in the surrounding areas forced many fisherman to flee. I'd quite like to examine the state of the fisheries in the region today. 

I'm curious to know whether people have returned to it or not, I guess we'll see. 

SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN:
I just got off the phone with a producer for CBC's Information Morning Fredericton. They want to interview me about the trip sometime in the next few weeks! Keep following the blog for a link to broadcast. 

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