| Page Views: 2,415 Last Visit to Goma: February, 2003 | A volcano changed Goma and the life of thousands by Bonobo2005 - last update: Jun 21, 2003 |
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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, destroying everything on it's way.
I know one can hardly refer to Goma as a tourist destination. What had happened caused a huge humanitarian crisis.
That in mind, but also obsessively curious, I visited Goma for a day and what I saw is hard to imagine but reality...
Important to say is that much of Goma is still intact and in parts a very lively town; I just concentrate here on the effects of the eruption.... |
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Firestar24 Sat Dec 3, 2005 14:48 UTC
Quite an amazing experience. :o) | andal13 Fri Apr 2, 2004 03:52 UTC
Touching page... and admirable experience. | Sharrie Sun Feb 29, 2004 07:07 UTC
Seems like u always managed to find different colored lakes. Excellent tip about the "legal" tenders! | mrdarius Sun Feb 22, 2004 15:25 UTC
incroyable! i read about goma in "we regret to inform you..." and it looks exactly how i imagined it. |
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