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A RIVER OF FIRE FROM NYIRAGONGO
kennedyrw Says: Lava from nyiragongo volcano runed on Goma like a wide river transforming all things fund on her way into stones. See the picture.
kennedyrw Says: A trip to drc isnt complete withoth visiting virunga national park the home of mountain gorillas. At 250$ u ll be permited to enter the park escorted by rangers and stay with gorillas for one hour in the forest, Excelent experience u cant imagine. they are big strong like a...
kennedyrw Says: Elle dance.A pygmy in action, I M PROUD TO BE A PYGMY, without choose i can walk 100kms by foot!! hard to believe but its a reality.Remember to bring me choose when u ll come here to visity me and i ll dance for u.I m found in The eastern congo just in virunga forest near...
kennedyrw Says: Remember to visit pygmies in Jomba. Villange situeted at about 80 KMs from Goma.this pygmies were the first peple to setle into Centre africa selon l'histoire, Go and lean theirs cultures,
kennedyrw Says: From the airport of goma Nyiragongo volcano can be seen. A small party of Goma airport olso were destroyed by this volcano but its still in use.nyiragongo volcano is situeted at about 15 km from Goma town this mountain can be ascended guided by rangers after paying a...
kennedyrw Says: This lava fire can be seen up to now trough Nyiragongo crater in Goma. This volcano still in activity, one day as it has been sai by many observers this volcano will destroy our lovely town aigain. In 2 years ? in 20? No one knows but its verry soon.
THE TOWN OF GOMA AFTER ERUPTION
kennedyrw Says: Goma is my home town, i dont have some thing to comment as my above freind bonobos2005 has allready gave u all about Goma and what hapened the day when Nyiragongo volcano arupted. Its verry sad to explain, and hard to believe but its a reality wich we lived.
Where the lava meets Lake Kivu
Bonobo2005 Says: Finally the lavaflow reached Lake Kivu. At that time the water temperature increased to 40 degrees Celsius and the water level sank so that the shoreline was extended by 5 meters. The Lake still contains a huge poisonous gas deposit that is feared to be released during a...
Bonobo2005 Says: Although very few of the former Lakeside establishments remain, the walk from town towards lake following the new road is very impressive.Efforts have been made to level the lava on the way to the lake, so that it can be used as a road. I visited several volcanoes with...
Houses on the edge of the lavaflow
Bonobo2005 Says: On the edges of the lavastream houses are still intact enough to live in, although their views changed considerably. I found it amazing to see how the people of Goma managed to adapt and re-organise their lives in circumstances like that.
2 Reviews and 25 Opinions the hotel is a bit of a maze but makes it interesting. The swiming pool is 1st class. everything...
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The congolese friend who gave me a lift to Goma was actually the owner of Hotel Ubumwe in Gisenyi on the rwandan side. When he wanted to visit a friend he agreed to take me with him over the border.
Afterwards relaxing near the lake shore at this nice restaurant. We two were the only guests. It definitely looked above average even by european standarts. What a sharp contrast to the apocalyptic surrounding. The lawn was almost english style...
Food was excellent, indeed.
There is also a bar open in the evening.
Favorite Dish: Congolese Primus and comme toujours: "brochettes de chevres"
Updated Jun 15, 2004
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Gisenyi to Goma can be done by foot or bicycle-taxi ($0.25 one way to/from border).
Starting from Kigali (capital Rwanda) there are express minibuses to Goma (ca. $3)
Exploring Goma is best done by foot, and excursions out of town by off-the-road motorbike-taxi (I paid $10 for 2 bikes/2 hours).
Updated Jun 12, 2003
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The eruption and the aftermath have been recorded on videotape, partly from the ground partly from helicopter.
It's a copy of an amateur video, so quality is not like BBC, but it's still worth watching/buying.
You may also be allowed to watch the video in the shop if you're not fancy to buy it. The owner is very friendly and eager to tell about everything concerning Goma.
Besides, the shop has a huge collection of Congolese musictapes, ranging from traditional to modern ragga/rap style.
The shop is really worth a visit!!!
What to pay: The videotape (VHS) should cost $8 - $10; musictapes $1
Updated Jun 12, 2003
Address: Ask around
Bonobo2005 Says: I found out that only notes of 5,10 and 20 Francs are in use (read: legal) in Goma. The bigger notes carry a portrait that they don't like ;-|So if you want to change money (on the border or at the minibus station in Gisenyi) don't accept any bigger notes or old Zaire...
Bonobo2005 Says: Since Goma is not controlled by DRC government it's important to check if the situation is quiet. Good sources are the various Western embassies in Kigali (Rwanda), organisations like Croix Rouge (that has an office in Gisenyi just across the border in Rwanda) and the...
**Crossing Gisenyi (Rwanda) - GOMA return**
Bonobo2005 Says: The Rwandese will stamp your passport on exit which means that you'll need a new one when you return, even if it's the same day! Keep in mind that this will cost you $60 (!!!!!) unless entry to Rwanda is free because of your nationality (f.e. British,US & Germans are that...
Bonobo2005 Says: Mt. Nyiragongo is still very active (03/2003) and it's probably dangerous to go up unless you go with experienced geologists.When we followed the road to the base of Mount Nyiragongo we were stopped by some armed men who told us to pay $30 for National Parc fee which would...
Bonobo2005 Says: A good idea is to bring a local guide, who knows Goma really well. He will also be very useful in organising things and negotiating prices. When in Gisenyi (just across the border in Rwanda) I met Modest, a young man living in Goma and working in Gisenyi. I told him about my...
Beware some US Dollar Bills are not accepted
sebblit7 Says: Okay so not my favourite thing, but something you need to know before visiting Goma. The following US Dollar bills are not accepted.New Notes from the years 1996, 1998 or 1999.It's really dumb, but there's this mass paranoic myth about these notes and they will not be...
Maggus Says: This is another view from the restaurant's lawn featured under the recent category.Lake Kivu is part of the great east african lake system and safe to swim or dive (beware of the currents). The rwandan mountains can be seen in the background.
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A volcano changed Goma and the life of thousands
On 17/01/2002 Mt. Nyiragongo erupted, about 15 km from the town of Goma. A more than 100 meter wide river of lava thundered down the lower slopes of the volcano, right through the town into Lake Kivu,...
Goma is one of the town of the Democratic Republic of congo and my home town, A part of the town of Goma was destroyed in 2001 by lava fire From the Mount Nyiragongo a live Volcano located at about......
I first visited this town in 1996, shortly thereafter Laurent Kabila staged his uprising from this town and when I went back in the town was like something out of a Mad Max movie. All the buildings......
Where the earth spills fire...
Until the recent eruption in 2002 Goma was a comparably wealthy town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Kivu at the border to Gisenyi/Rwanda. Former President Mobutu had his residence in this...
My guide told me that about 25% of the population walking around me were infected with HIV due to the mass rapes that had taken place during the Congolese wars and Genocide. Walking down the dirty,......
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