Check! That’s right, folks, 3 flights, 4 airports, 2 continents, and 27-hours later, I made it to Kigali. And all in all, the trip was a success, pretty much all the way around. Myself, two carry-ons, one duty free bag, and, most miraculously, my two checked bags all made it from Nouakchott to Casablanca to Dubai to Mombasa to Kigali in one piece. The expeditor in Nouakchott, the check-in guy at the Nouakchott airport, the baggage handlers in Nouakchott, Casablanca, Dubai, and Kigali, and the check-in lady working for RwandAir in Dubai all deserve gold stars for achieving the near-impossible. Hopefully my good travel juju holds out indefinitely!
Kigali is BEAUTIFUL. I am staying with a friend from A-100 who is the Deputy Public Affairs Officer (DPAO) at the Embassy. This is the view from his house:
Toto...We're Not In NYC Anymore 