Going out

Saturday March 24th - After a day walking around town, which I managed to stretch out to 1hr (it's tiny) I decided to head out to dinner and a bar, toute seule, recommended by Lonely Planet. Taxi to "The New Cactus", which is a big roofed terrace overlooking the hills of Kigali. Good french-style food (I had steak) and friendly service. I order a bottle of the local beer - Primus - and a 700ml bottle is plonked down in front of me (one size fits all!).

After that I walk to the bar. This walking along pitch black streets thing is getting easier now. I don't feel any threat. The bar is "Republica", another terrace with a great view. It's fairly busy and I plonk myself at the bar, the barman smiles, comes over and shakes my hand. This guy is a proper barman, recommending the drinks, chatting as he sees I'm alone.

I talk to some locals next to me, with an american, and we all end up going to a nightclub called the "New Cadillac" - a cavernous, very very sweaty-smelling 1970's carpeted space, playing a mix of hiphop, reggae and very old cheesy house music. At least people are dancing fairly normally here, unlike the doggy-style of the Ghanaian place I went to!