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Genocide memorial sites
A Travel Blog entry by joelmeeker from Kigali, Rwanda
... we'll move forward with out discussions and see how things develop. In the evening Marjolaine, Fiona, Tatiana and I went to the Hotel des Mille Collines for dinner. This was the hotel featured in the story told by the recent Hotel Rwanda. It wasn't the ...
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Biking in the hills
A Travel Blog entry by andreakolb from Kigali surroundings, Rwanda
... bike now, a mountain bike. Photos 1 and 2 In the evening, just after work, I often run up the mountain to the Hotel des Mille Collines, where I stop for a drink at the swimming pool. When it's becoming dark, at 18 o'clock I run down the whole ...
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Leaving Rwanda sometimes easy?
A Travel Blog entry by ricduncombe from Huye, Southern Province, Rwanda
... to the same place for dinner. Here in another travelling coincidence we bumped into a couple we had first met in the Hotel des Mille Collines a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed a few Primus beers (I recorded a record six bottles) and good food with some ...
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100 Days of Madness
A Travel Blog entry by afrikanskies from Kigali, Rwanda
... just assumed that Kigali had ridiculously loud, horn happy rush hour traffic! The following afternoon we paid a visit to Hotel Des Mille Collines, a Kigali institution made infamous by the 1994 genocide. Its story is told through the Oscar-winning film ...
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From Rwanda back to Kenya
A Travel Blog entry by lindalequesne from Nairobi, Kenya
... around…..I think we all left a little piece of our heart in Musanze….great memories. We stopped for lunch at Hotel Des Mille Collines (translated, it means hotel of a thousand hills) which is the "Hotel Rwanda" that the movie is based ...
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Kigali and heading north
A Travel Blog entry by matt_werner from Ruhengeri, Rwanda
... he was over in Africa seeing the mountain gorillas and climbing Kilimanjaro. He was doing with the same company from the same hotel but on a different route. Had trouble getting to sleep as I was excited about going to see the gorillas in the ...
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Africa Review
A Travel Blog entry by ricduncombe from Aqaba, Aqaba, Jordan
... a beer while watching hippos fight lions takes some beating and the music was space-age good. Special mentions go to the Hotel des Mille Collines in Rwanda which was by far the nicest place I was allowed into, Chachacha Backpackers in Zambia which had a ...
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Weekend in Rwanda
A Travel Blog entry by angelagiampolo from Kigali, Rwanda
... hill overlooking the rest of the hills that make up Kigali. Rwanda is known as the country of a thousand hills (hence "Hotel Des Mille Collines"). The view was phenomenal. Naveen's house is located in the nicest ex-pat area so ...
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Africa
A Travel Blog entry by chapdeluc from Kigali, Rwanda
... mille collines. Une heure sur terre en compagnie des gorilles de montagnes, ou une heure à la terrasse de l'hôtel des mille collines. Il y a autant d'histoire que de courtoisie là-bas. Venez voir ces enfants de la guerre courir a toutes jambes vers ...
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Riding in Rwanda
A Travel Blog entry by eastafricacycle from Kigali, Rwanda
... point further than the main shopping center. We took a buffet lunch in a local restaurant and decided to visit the Hotel des Mille Collines. As we approached we were remembering pictures from the movie Hotel Rwanda and were surprised to find the entrance ...
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To Pay My Respects
A Travel Blog entry by gingerschilling from Kigali, Rwanda
... either. We walked to the tourism office, just in case they were open, but unfortunately they were not. The Hotel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda) was located down the street, so we decided to check that out. A security guard operated a ...
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Beautiful Rwanda
A Travel Blog entry by undies from Kigali, Rwanda
... the city centre was still 7km away...bugger! He helped us negotiate a fare, and we were on our way. We visited Hotel des Mille Collines aka 'Hotel Rwanda.' It's hard to believe what occured during the genocide at this hotel, as it's back to operating as ...
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Whatever happened to the World?
A Travel Blog entry by ricduncombe from Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda
... are now, a statistic, a number, or perhaps just an exhibit on a wall. That evening we went for a drink at the Hotel des Mille Collines, probably more commonly known as 'Hotel Rwanda', to draw a final line under the day's experiences by visiting one of ...
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Kigali, a German town in Africa
A Travel Blog entry by nic. from Kigali, Rwanda
... ;after 4 months with mainly rice and matooke…Rwanda is like a food heaven! The first night we went to the Hotel Des Mille Collines. This hotel became know in the film ‘Hotel Rwanda’. Gun really wanted to eat there, yet we thought we ...

