Visual Effects

I remember when my friend went to Israel (I need to do birthright before I hit the age limit, but given my mother's reaction to Africa, I think I'll wait awhile before I hit her with the Middle East). When she got back she was loopy with jet lag, going through pictures with us: "And those are evergreens, and next to them are bananas. You would think that these would be tropical! But this is not the case." Then she showed us a series of pictures of tiles she took in an amazing palace she had no pictures of, because she thought the tiles would look good in her future kitchen.

I think the visuals of Rwanda speak for the country better than I ever could - worth 1000 words and all that - and paint a different picture of the country than you would imagine.

This, for instance, is not what I first pictured re: Africa:

I would like to see this:

I totally want to see these:

I am clearly obsessed with seeing one of these, AND I AM SURE YOU CAN SEE WHY:

Friggin awesome. And maybe a little fuzzy dude:

This kind of makes me want to pack tonight.