Road to Rwanda-----Kwita Izina

 Kwita Izina is the name of the Rwandan celebration to name the baby gorillas who were born in the past year.  Yesterday was the day.  There are huge groups of tourists and officials who arrived in Musanze (our location) to travel up into the mountains for the naming ceremony.  This year there are twenty babies born to about the 1,000 surviving mountain gorillas.  Rwanda is very conservation minded and jealously protects its gorillas, both for ethical reasons, but also because it is a major generator of funds for the economy.  There are many tours, hotels, etc. around our area.  What a wonder to live in a place this close to these majestic animals.