The mural so far
on Pauline Quinn (Rwanda), 18/Jul/2011 17:04, 34 days ago
Hi all,Greetings to all from Michelle and I! Michelle arrived two weeks with 2 amazing suitcases filled with goodies that we've been distributing over the past couple of weeks. It's lovely to have a housemate. The weeks are truly flying by.Our project at the moment is painting a mural of a world map at one of the school's I visit regularly.  The pupils of St. Mary's sent some money from a recent talent show to pay for the paint.  It is going well so far. I'm learning loads of geography! The pupils are really excited and they are helping us as much as possible.  We are aiming to have the first map in Rwanda with Southern Sudan.  Although they have been recognised as a country by the UN the borders have not been agreed yet so we may have to leave that one until last.  We're hoping to finish soon.Last weekend we went to visit beautiful Kibuye.  It is by Lake Kivu and on of the most beautiful places I've ever visited.  We really enjoyed our time there but I think that the highlight of the past couple weeks has to have been the gorillas.  We hiked up into Virunga National Park and after an hour we came across the Ububano family of gorillas. We got within touching distance of them.  We got to see about 8 gorillas but the most exciting was seeing the silverback whose name is Charles. It was so amazing!I'll try to add photos tomorrow.  The internet isn't working so well at the mo.Slán,Pauline