This Just Happened
We’re often asked, “Where are you now?” This page is our answer.
Here you’ll find our most recent travel stories — the unexpected turns, unforgettable meals, and curious rules we’ve discovered along the way. Whether we’re deep in the jungle or lost in a market, we’re documenting it here, one post at a time.
It led to Karaoke – May 24
The day starts off with breakfast at Solace before loading ourselves back onto the bus. We are lucky that the bus is quite comfortable and spacious because we do spend quite a bit of time in it. The drives are long and slow going, especially when we get stuck behind...
Changing Lives with a New House, Lights and Stoves – May 23
Today was another very special day for us. As a regular tourist, you don’t often get the chance to meet locals in their personal environment. Sure, you meet them in restaurants, in the markets, and generally out in public. How often do you get to go inside their...
Teaching English – May 23
We are not teachers. Let me get that clear, right from the get-go. However, part of the programming with INSPIRE!africa was to teach English to some of the staff at Solace and any other adults who were interested in learning. We got some basic guidelines, approaches...
Tennis, Karate and the Mototaxi – May 22
During our time in Rwanda, Kigali specifically, we planned on doing our respective sports as often as we were able to. Jason found a tennis center, an instructor to play with and a ball boy to clean up after them. I found a dojo from our club, ISKF, that allowed me to...
Meeting the Group, Touring Kigali and Learning about the Genocide – May 22
Our reason for making this trek all the way to Africa is finally here. We are now at The Solace Guest House, our home for the next two weeks. We are joining the rest of our group from INSPIRE!africa, the impressive charitable organization founded by our friend,...
Hiking and Cooking – May 21
We are both so glad we signed up for all of the Women’s Center’s activities and a little bit remorseful that we signed up to climb Mt. Kigali. What were we thinking?? Did we not get enough hiking on Kili? Needless to say, on our walk to the Center, we were not...
Weaving Class and a Neighbourhood Tour – May 20
This is turning out to be such a special day! After our amazing, and plentiful, lunch, we walk back to the Women’s Center, which is really just across the street, to start our afternoon activities. Weaving class is first. But…once inside the building, we are extremely...
Meeting the Women’s Cooperative and a Cooking Class – May 20
We have two days in Kigali alone before we meet up with the larger group so we are taking advantage of it to do our own thing. Before leaving Calgary, our group leader, Margaret, had given us some information on a Woman’s Cooperative that puts on some activities....
Meeting the Chimpanzees! – May 19
I wouldn’t call us morning people. We are barely mid-morning people. So when we are voluntarily getting up at 4:00am, you know it must be for a very good reason. Today we get to see some chimpanzees! Yep. Totally worth it. We drive for two hours as the sun is rising...