Chez Lando Kigali

... Bujumbura, we finally flew to Kigali where we landed after 02:00. I cleared formalities quickly and took a taxi to my usual hotel in Kigali, Chez Lando, not far from the airport. It is good value for the money. They have a few rooms for $60 a night, one ...

... an hour to cross the border! Because our visum is valid for only one entry, we have to pay for a new visum (60$) to enter Rwanda. At evening we invite Edouard for a meal at "Chez Lando". He's delighted, since it's the first time he's coming around ...

... for an interesting travel blog, but right now there are many preparatory details to consider.  Our dental team arrived back Chez Lando (chez in French meaning "in the place or milieu where someone lives" - all that in one little French word) around ...

... time in my e-mail so Mr. Mundeli didn't arrive at the airport until shortly after I left in a taxi for Chez Lando, my usual hotel in Kigali. I had reserved a room on their relatively new website, and had received the confirmation e-mail, but the fellow at ...

... Westerners in Kigali, so I've stayed here many times. But now that things have stabilized, I've moved to less expensive digs at Chez Lando. The restaurant at the Mille Collines, which is located on a hill top near the center of town, has a fantastic view ...

... huffed and puffed a bit on my walk, but I needed the exercise. On the way to the hospital I stopped at Camp Kigali, the former military barracks where 10 Belgian soldiers, wearing UN colors, were killed by Rwandan government soldiers on April 7, 1994, ...

... have a light lunch and get a little organized. Arriving with Samuel, one of our usual drivers, Mr. Mundeli and I went into central Kigali to change some money, and then we drove to two possible sites we could use for our youth camp, planned for next ...

... enough to house a family. Many Africans love to sit in a rondavo in the evening drink a beer and talk with friends. The grill at Chez Lando is almost always full in the evening. There is often a mix of local people well off enough to eat or drink here as ...

... a driver whose services I have used many times in the past.   We drove through to the edge of town where my usual hotel, Chez Lando is located.  Lando himself, who started the hotel, was murdered during the genocide of 1994, but his surviving ...

... particularly like this Belgian owned hotel and French-style restaurant with refined cuisine. It costs a little more than the restaurant at Chez Lando, but not much more and certainly much less than such meal would cost anywhere in Europe. It was an full ...

... area while others were loading in the bus. That meant being first in line for passport control and getting out of the airport among the first. I took a taxi to Chez Lando, my usual hotel here, arriving by 2:30 am, around 33 hours after leaving ...

... to church members in Côte d’Ivoire, things of that nature. I took a break at lunch and had two goat brochettes; Chez Lando has been famous for its goat brochettes for quite a while. Beef brochettes are much more tender and they only cost about a ...

... 8pm last night. My first night was spent getting checked into my hotel and then venturing out to find food.  We came to Chez Lando for dinner, which for me consisted of cooked banana "chips" (really just banana strips that were baked) and an onion ...

... till tomorrow to see how Kigali has changed! We're curious! But now we are going to eat  and enjoy a good meal at 'Chez Lando', a restaurant not far from our hotel. In fact Daniel is inviting us as a welcome to his country! Many travelers come to ...

... Back at the Bloom, we asked Samuel to wait for us for 20 minutes while we showered and changed, then we drove to Chez Lando for dinner. The outdoor barbecue pit was packed with people. Many were watching President Paul Kagame give speech on television. ...

... have in Rwanda. We have other wildlife adventures planned for Kenya and South Africa, so we decided finally to pass on this one. Back at Chez Lando, I waited for the pastor from Burundi who was to meet with me at 16:00. He finally arrived, and we had the ...

... , but thinking about the roads we traveled, it could have been.   We had a bowl of soup and a beer for dinner at Chez Lando. We all sat under the stars in the popular barbecue pit, relived the day, and discussed the plans for the next day. Dr. ...

... able to depart on a mostly empty 676, for the 25 minute hop to Kigali. Clearing immigration and customs by 6:00 I took a taxi the Chez Lando not too far from the airport and dropped my bag just in time to have dinner with Dr. Greg Swartz, a Church elder ...