Hotel Des Mille Collines, Rwanda
Lance and I stopped at Hotel des Mille Collines, made famous as the building in which more than a thousand people took refuge during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The story of the hotel and its manager at that time, Paul Rusesabagina, was used as the basis of the film Hotel Rwanda. With the help of his wife, Rusesabagina bribed the Hutu militia with money and alcohol to keep them from killing the refugees in the hotel. He also managed to provide the refugees with foo...