Kigali Sky Hotel

... I was planning on eating out. I didn't mean that he should stay as well, but he did. Jofu dropped us off at the Sky Hotel, where Désiré and I ate dinner. Afterwards, we went out back to the hotel's lounge. There were several people performing ...

I awoke to a clear sky and beautiful sunrise over Kigali from our terrace. I headed downstairs for some morning shots and checked out the peacocks in the gardens, the early morning Rwandans (it was 6.15am) already on the tennis courts, or in the ...

... a way to crash after the nice hotel, although we all had quite a love-hate relationship with Nyanza AND the hotel. I, for one, am happy to be back in Kigali. Dinner at St. Pauls’s was the usual potatoes, rice, peas and some good chicken. Yesterday ...

"British Lady" When Courtney first arrived in Rwanda, we were lucky enough to stay a few nights at the Kigali Serena Hotel, the poshest of all addresses for visitors to this central African country. Her hook-up as a hotel website maven is really ...

... in those 6 weeks following the death of Rwandan President Habyarimana (who’s plane was blown up by a missile 800m away from Kigali airport on 6 April 1994) As soon as his plane was shot down, orders were carried out to ‘start killing all ...

... to wave goodbye to the three group members heading for the airport. Several people head out to explore the neighborhood around the hotel, while I tend to the dinner arrangements and check emails. Our dinner tonight is one of the best during the tour. Our ...

... the mountainous winding hills.  Due to the great road conditions and lack of traffic, we arrive in the Capitol – Kigali at a reasonable time.  A bustling and dirty City we find accommodation and go walk the central area.  Without too ...

... Genocide Memorial about 30km out of town which we heard was a totally different experience to the clinical proceedings at the Kigali Memorial After some feverish negotiation which included a walk-away and chase-back (two taxi terms I have just invented) ...

... I probably know too well. I was able to work for a few hours before heading on to the last flight of this leg. The flight to Kigali via Bujumbura was supposed to leave at 11:40 pm, but was late. The plane was a new Embraer, larger than any I’ve ...

... the Rwandan genocide until my visit to this country, I was not well aware of it’s significance. The hotel is, these days, very impressive in the Kigali landscape and our lunch was a welcome indulgence for us. I do plan to rent the movie as soon as ...

... the visit, there was not a shred of disappointment: it really is worth a visit even if it means travelling down from Kigali especially (and at 1000RFr for entry as a student one really can't complain!). After all the horrors of the genocide memorial ...

... Off into town today to explore, go to the library, maybe go to the Mille Colliene, which is where the true events that the film Hotel Rwanda happened. Although there is a lot of anger about the film over here due to the way and potrayed the events of the ...

... a few umugandas have happened since I've been in Rwanda. The first took me by surprise. I was hanging out with some friends in Kigali, woke up, and tried to go to my favorite internet café. The place was closed, of course. I reacted tamely. "I say, ...

... time to time... have to catch up on all the work I shirked during the week, right?). Anyway, I was walking past the Jefferson Hotel in Washington while talking to my friend Ben on the phone. Suddenly I saw him emerge from the front entrance, a scant 20 ...

... handled in person where direct give-and-take discussion and analysis can occur. Sitting on the hotel terrace,we enjoyed the cool morning air as Kigali went about its Sunday routine: Catholic Church bells ringing here, loud, pounding Pentecostalish music ...

... is *ok, Echalotte took the back seat and nodded off, clearly fully adjusted to African Massage c/o potholes galore*. We made it to Kigali for 2.30pm, and drove into the Kigali Memorial Centre after a 5 minute wait to let the UN 8 car or jeep strong ...

... . We shook hands all around and said our goodbyes and then I went inside where only passengers are allowed and checked in. My eyes are heavy now as I wait for the 1:20 am departure for Nairobi via Kigali. It will be a short night and a very long ...

... made to board, we walked out on the tarmac in the early morning light and to the 737 that would fly to Bujumbura and then Kigali.  The flight to Bujumbura left on time and arrived on time about 90 minutes later. There was thick ground fog in Nairobi, ...

... Hilton, and this was a chauffeur coming towards us. Everyone was so polite. The poverty as we drove along the streets to 'Hotel Kigali' was startling, worse than the slums of Nairobi; in fact, these weren't called slums, just home. I chatted to ...

... marked each spot and covered a large cement mass grave. It was very difficult to see. We finally reached Kigali and took a quick drive by Hotel Rwanda, which it turned out was also the location of Volcanoes Safaris Kigali office. I met some of the ...