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Just returned from a week in Kigali and a week in a couple of places in Sudan (Lietnhom and Yei). Such a wonderful city! Very safe and one of the best kept places that I’ve seen in Africa to date. I would live in Kigali in a heartbeat.

I taught a video production “Boot Camp” to five employees of ALARM. Two from there in Kigali, two from DRC and one from Uganda. We expected to have at least one from Burundi and three from Sudan but those students were unable to come at the last minute. Still a great experience.

The “hill” on which the government offices and nice hotels are located is such a nice place. It’s also the location of the Hotel des Miles Collines – “the” Hotel Rwanda. The Genocide Memorial is a sobering and very well done exhibit. Not only does it chronicle the tragedy there in Kigali . . . but it serves as a memorial to other instances of genocide in our recent past.

All in all – well worth a visit

I lived in Chattanooga for about 20 years before moving back to Texas. A lovely place with wonderfull mountains and scenery. I spent lots of times in the “hills” of TN between Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville.

I visited a friend who lived outside Toronto. The city is lovely. The CN tower is a blast. One of the floors is “see thru” so you can step out into nothing and see the ground over a 1000 feet below you. Very cool!