Giseny & Goma

From Kinigi we headed towards the Rwandan "beach ressort" of Giseny. It's a small village at the shores of Lake Kivu and has beautiful hotels along the lake. Despite being a holiday ressort it's not safe to swim in the lake as there is a large gas deposite at the bottom of the lake and sporadically bulbs rise to the surface which is lethal. Giseny is also a border city to DR Congo. 5km across is the Congo counterpart of Goma which unfortunately made it to the news these days due to the plane crash (this happened a couple hours after we had left Giseny).