Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, December 20, 2010,
I think I traveled to more places in 2010 than I have in any year before. It was a memorable year filled with some amazing adventures - I got my first tattoo, I returned to Africa and New York City, and I've written my first book - so I'm challenged with what to put on the  Christmas card for this holiday season. Out of my travels, I'm most proud of my book, so I instantly wanted to put it on my Christmas card. Yet, it's too difficult to explain a full book with just one Christmas card pic... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, September 9, 2010,
I'd like to say that everything on the Rwanda press trip was magical and went off without a hitch. If I said that, though, I wouldn't be entirely truthful. It wasn't all gorilla treks in the mountains. There were some things that happened, or rather didn't happen, on the trip that  really put a sour taste in my mouth. And it hasn't gotten any better since my return to the States. I'm saddened and angered by this, but I also believe I've learned a valuable lesson. I received an itinerary ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, June 21, 2010,
One of two big events that our group was to partake in during our trip to Rwanda was the baby gorilla naming ceremony - Kwita Izina. The other, a trek to see the gorillas in the mountains, w  ould take place the next day. And everyone in the group was nothing short of excited for both events as we knew they'd be the two biggest highlights we'd take home as memories in an amazingly wonderful country. The sixth annual naming celebration was taking place in conjunction with World Environment Day...
Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, June 17, 2010,
The drive from Kigali to Ruhengeri in Rwanda is nothing short of spectacular. And for once, while traveling, it paid off to be tall since I was able to commandere the front passenger seat for the drive. After all of those years of trying to squeeze my big legs into a coach seat on a flight, I finally was able to put them to good use and have the best seat in the car for the beautiful drive - where we emphatically learned why Rwanda is known as The Land of a Thousand Hills.
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Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, June 17, 2010,
Late one night while relaxing on the couch I caught the movie Hotel Rwanda on television by chance. I had never seen it before, although always having been keen to do so, and felt that this was the sign I needed to know that this trip was meant to be. It was surely a sign, in my min  d, that I should travel to the heart of Africa and learn more about what Rwanda has to offer. So, while I waited to learn where the group would be staying, I held out hope that it'd be at the actual hotel, th...
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Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, June 14, 2010,
On our first morning together as a group in Rwanda we took a brief city tour before heading over to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. I knew it was a necessary stop on the trip, but I really had no desire to see once again how brutal one man can be towards another; my trip to Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany was quite enough. Still though, I went with the g  roup and toured the center. We didn't have much time to tour the museum as we were on a bit of a budget when it came to t...
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Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, June 10, 2010,
I wanted to post stories while in Rwanda, but the group was so busy that there was hardly time to do anything but eat, sleep and see the sites. But now that I'm back from the trip eight time zones away, I plan on giving a full report on everything we saw. I want to start here though with a  brief overview of what we did in Rwanda, and then go into each stop in more detail later with adding various tips and suggestions for anyone traveling to Rwanda; there's just so much to write that it's i...
Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, May 18, 2010,
I'm done with my immunizations for my trip to Rwanda, and I can't help but feel a bit like a human pin cushion after only five shots. My nurse did the best she could when administering the shots, but she confessed that the needle was a bigger caliber than normal as I'm a bigger guy and supposedly it's necessary to get through my skin. Personally, I took it more as a reminder that I'm lucky not to regularly go through that type of crap and should be happy with just the occasional shot for t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, May 11, 2010,
Had you asked me a week ago if I would ever go to Rwanda, I probably would've said no. It's not that I didn't have a desire to go, I'd actually like to go most everywhere, it's just about the means and purpose. The means would certainly come at some point, although I would've thought years and years down the road, so the big issue was the purpose. Why would I ever want to go to Rwanda, a tiny landlocked country in the middle of Africa that's most infamously known for the genocide of the 19...
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