Tom took us to the Milles Collines for kebabs and beer on the patio, with live music. This is the hotel that was made famous by the movie, "Hotel Rwanda."
But, as we learned later that night in Tom's living room, the role that was played by Don Cheedle in that movie was highly inaccurate. The hotel manager wasn't quite the hero that he was portrayed to be in the movie.
Craig and I spent a surreal several hours in Tom's living room that night, with a group who had just flown in for meetings with the president. Also in attendance was a representative from the U. S. Embassy. More importantly, a woman who not only survived the genocide, but fought in the war and performed many heroic deeds.
All we could do was sit there quietly, attempting to absorb all of the information that was being lobbed about the room, and pinch ourselves on occasion. We were privy to the think tank of movers and shakers who are shaping the future of Rwanda.
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