Does Abuja have these attributes?
1. Order. Organised complexity if you wish. Does Abuja have pedestrian only streets?
2. Visible life...active people.
3. Compactness....not sprawling. Definately not Phoenic Arizona. But like Barcelona.
4. Accepted orientation and mystery. Get lost and find yourself. Small streets and big streets. Organized.
5. Scale. High Skylines are not always best. We need sun and fresh air like Berlin and Amsterdam. Not Manhattan.
6. Local....A city should reflect it's local character. Kigali does by all means.
7. Safety. You should be able to shop at 3am. In Kigali you can....not sure of Abuja.
8. You should be able to see green and working lights. No lights off.
But for those who have been, some have the following reservations / complaints about Kigali:
1. The civilian police are armed combat, menacing at the many roadblocks and too scaring for a tourist/visitor
2. I got robbed at a fuel station within CBD (kigali Hass petroleum). They filled 'full' tank of fuel only to see an empty tank. No complaints was tolerated. We almost got locked in.
3. The hotel staff at sports view (aparently a 5-star next to state house) has the lazi
est of waiters and staff. We were served lousy food after 3hours wait. Btw its a very elegant hotel with rubbish service.4. Just off the small beautiful CBD tarmac roads are bumpy murram roads.
5. The people of Rwanda are not hospitable. Most of The Women are beautiful and so lazy.
6. They should Try learn some basic English too, to help relate with the high numbers of English-speaking tourists and visitors.
7. The police almost locked my family in for driving out the country on a 'compulsory' social working day. They literally spoke kinyaruanda and made their verdict in a language we barely understood.
8. Roads too narrow just outside CBD.
9. Rwanda a long way to go; so do you still want to visit it?
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