Welcome to Burundi
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/burundi
Tiny Burundi is an incongruous mix of soaring mountains, languid lakeside communities and a tragic past blighted by ethnic conflict. Despite their troubles, Burundians have an irrepressible joie de vivre, and their smiles are as infectious as a rhythm laid down by a drummer from Les Tambourinaires.When civil war broke out in 1993, the economy was destroyed and the tourist industry succumbed to a quick death.
When the war finally ended in 2005 a trickle of travellers returned to rediscover the steamy capital, Bujumbura, with its lovely Lake Tanganyika setting and some of the finest inland beaches on the continent.
The new peace, however, came to a shattering end in 2015 when President Nkurunziza decided to run for what many Burundians believed to be a constitution-breaking third term in office. Violence broke out before the election, and has escalated since. The entire country is now considered unsafe to visit.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/burundi
Tiny Burundi is an incongruous mix of soaring mountains, languid lakeside communities and a tragic past blighted by ethnic conflict. Despite their troubles, Burundians have an irrepressible joie de vivre, and their smiles are as infectious as a rhythm laid down by a drummer from Les Tambourinaires.When civil war broke out in 1993, the economy was destroyed and the tourist industry succumbed to a quick death.
When the war finally ended in 2005 a trickle of travellers returned to rediscover the steamy capital, Bujumbura, with its lovely Lake Tanganyika setting and some of the finest inland beaches on the continent.
The new peace, however, came to a shattering end in 2015 when President Nkurunziza decided to run for what many Burundians believed to be a constitution-breaking third term in office. Violence broke out before the election, and has escalated since. The entire country is now considered unsafe to visit.
Departed to Burundi
on TUESDAY 19-DEC-2017
Las Vegas / New York / Washington DC. Picked up Visa.
WEDNESDAY 20-DEC-2017 / Washington DC. Chicago / San Francisco
Tel Aviv / Addis Ababa / Burundi - Bujumbura
on TUESDAY 19-DEC-2017
Las Vegas / New York / Washington DC. Picked up Visa.
WEDNESDAY 20-DEC-2017 / Washington DC. Chicago / San Francisco
Tel Aviv / Addis Ababa / Burundi - Bujumbura
United 954 - UAL954 / UA954
SFO SAN FRANCISCO, CA - TLV TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
WEDNESDAY 20-DEC-201709:30PM PST - THURSDAY 21-DEC-201709:19PM IST
13h 49m total flight time
SFO SAN FRANCISCO, CA - TLV TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
WEDNESDAY 20-DEC-201709:30PM PST - THURSDAY 21-DEC-201709:19PM IST
13h 49m total flight time
Transit to Burundi
Ethiopian Airlines 405 / ETH405 / ET405
TLVTEL AVIV, ISRAEL / ADDADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 12:40AM IST / FRIDAY 22-DEC-20 1706:16AM EAT
14h 36m total flight time
Ethiopian Airlines 405 / ETH405 / ET405
TLVTEL AVIV, ISRAEL / ADDADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 12:40AM IST / FRIDAY 22-DEC-20 1706:16AM EAT
14h 36m total flight time
Ethiopian Airlines 811 / ETH811 / ET811
ADD ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA / BJM BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI
FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 11:40AM EAT / FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 12:50PM CAT
2h 10m total flight time
ADD ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA / BJM BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI
FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 11:40AM EAT / FRIDAY 22-DEC-2017 12:50PM CAT
2h 10m total flight time
On the Way Home
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2017 12:09:28 PM
I'm on Brussels airlines SN0455 from Bujumbura to Entebbe and SN056 to Brussels tonight.
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 8:47 AM,
I'm wondering whether to stay another day and visit gitega with my host since he has family over there and fly back to new york on the 27th. Or if I should take tonight'sflight and have a stopover in Switzerland to see my friend there tomorrow and then leave to new york on the 26th.
I'm on Brussels airlines SN0455 from Bujumbura to Entebbe and SN056 to Brussels tonight.
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 8:47 AM,
I'm wondering whether to stay another day and visit gitega with my host since he has family over there and fly back to new york on the 27th. Or if I should take tonight'sflight and have a stopover in Switzerland to see my friend there tomorrow and then leave to new york on the 26th.
Brussels Airlines 455 / BEL455 / SN455
BJM BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI / EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA
SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 08:55PM CAT / SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 10:45PM EAT
50m total flight time
BJM BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI / EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA
SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 08:55PM CAT / SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 10:45PM EAT
50m total flight time
Brussels Airlines 455 - BEL455 / SN455
EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA - BRU BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 11:48PM EAT - MONDAY 25-DEC-2017 06:24AM CE
28h 26m total flight time
EBB ENTEBBE, UGANDA - BRU BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
SUNDAY 24-DEC-2017 11:48PM EAT - MONDAY 25-DEC-2017 06:24AM CE
28h 26m total flight time
Welcome to Bujumbura
Largely frozen in time thanks to more than a decade of conflict, there has been very little development in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura.
The steamy little city retains much of its grandiose colonial town planning,
with wide boulevards and imposing public buildings.
Buju (as it's commonly known) has always retained an obviously different feel to any other East African capital, much of which is manifest in the city's distinctly French outlook on life.
Largely frozen in time thanks to more than a decade of conflict, there has been very little development in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura.
The steamy little city retains much of its grandiose colonial town planning,
with wide boulevards and imposing public buildings.
Buju (as it's commonly known) has always retained an obviously different feel to any other East African capital, much of which is manifest in the city's distinctly French outlook on life.