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Hiking in the Hailforest

March 6, 2011 by Karsten Leave a Comment

Mt Muhavura

What I thought I had signed up for: A moderately demanding hike that would deliver some great views. What I actually signed up for: Brutal hike up a 4137m Mountain (Mt. Muhavura) with a total altitude gain of 1700m (2600m from the location of my hostel) on a round trip distance of 16km in a … [Read more...]

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Bujumbura and the Foreigners Living There

March 4, 2011 by Karsten Leave a Comment

After spending nearly a week in Rwanda – seeing both, the capital and the country side – I decided to move down a little south and take a look at its poorer neighbour in the south: Burundi. Arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi, the first thing I noticed was the countless number of people crowding the … [Read more...]

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Rwanda, the Police State With Hardly Any Corruption.

March 1, 2011 by Karsten Leave a Comment

Calm street in Kigali

In two days this was probably my most surprising realisation in the nation: It's a police state. Not the bat-shit-insane, limb-chopping, atrocity-sprouting, textbook, African-dictator style police tyrany state, but more the East Germany, Cuban, Soviet, 1984-style police state. With some extra … [Read more...]

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First!

March 1, 2011 by Karsten Leave a Comment

I'll add something explanatory and a little more insightful here later on! For now I just want to get the first Rwanda article online. Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes. … [Read more...]

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The Street Ratchada

June 21, 2016 By Karsten 2 Comments

I keep joking that I now live in 'The Street' - a recently built mall near the Thailand Cultural Center subway station in the Din Daeng district of Bangkok. While living might not be the right term, … [Read More...]

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