Rwanda land of suprises

I am now safely in Rwanda.
The flight from Ethiopia to Rwanda was first class compared to the one from bangkok to ethiopia. It was comparable to a tiger aways domestic flight in Australia.
We were so happy to be on a flight that we were confident would land us.
We landed in Rawanda which was the smallest airport I have ever been at (smaller than even Mildura airport) and was essentially one large room. I had issues with customs which I will write about when I am safely out of the country.
We caught a taxi from airport to our accomodation (the taxi drivers had adequate understanding of English for communication) but the prices was equal to if not more than a western country, costing us 20 American dollers to get us a short distance. Although in Rwanda it is not so much that you are being ripped off, just that there arent as many taxis as in India and Thailand so they can charge as much as they want.
We are staying at Gorillas Hotel which is lonely planet recommended but not at Lonely planet prices Liz for $120 a night.
The doctors are staying at the only 5 star hotel in Kigali. They say they have to stay there so they don't get sick.
Rwanda is so surpising. It does not have the dirtiness or messiness of China or India. The roads are all sealed, even on the outskirts of town. There is no rubbish on the rds- one of the doctors calls it Singapore clean. There are no beggars or ppl trying to convince you to buy their products.

What there is though is army personnel with rifels at every corner. They also drive around in open trucks sitting with their rifles being generally intimidating. I did not expect that. Mum and Dad won't let me go to Sri Lanka so I came to Rwanda with its political turbulence.

Given Rwanda's terrible history, I guess this army presence should not be so suprising. But it also means that poverty is not tolerated within the city and the poor are driven out to rural areas where they live in mud huts and survive with the crops they grow. I have not seen this aspect of Rwanda but we will be going out to rural hospitals in the next few days.
On the first night, we had dinner with the doctors at their hotel. Ms Rwanda was happening at the hotel as well but we didn't manage to make it to that.
After 37hrs of travelling, it is crash time (help of meds not required).