Abyssinian Bound . . .
Monday I hop on a plane, fly to Amsterdam, Dubai and then land in Addis Abeba, the capitol of Ethiopia. I’m excited but a tad frustrated. All week I have been trying to reach out to the Ethiopian...
View ArticleIndiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant and I
I leave for Ethiopia tomorrow. I’m very excited. There is so much to see and do there I can hardly believe I’ve never thought to go until now. Intellectual curiosity works on its own time. Speaking of...
View ArticleAmsterdam Means Halfway
Amsterdam means I am halfway. More when I get to Dubai. Then even more when I arrive in Addis Abeba on Wednesday. Yeah, tell me about it, 3 days. What was I thinking?
View ArticleDubai–Nice Airport
Dubai means I am 2/3rds of the way there. I need sleep. Not too mention a bath.
View ArticleAddis Ababa and Lots of Sunshine
I’m here. All is well. The weather is fantastic! I’m trying to figure out what to do tomorrow. I prefer to visit the capitol city at the end of my trip, but travel is slow here in Ethiopia, taking two...
View ArticleHorn of Africa: Days 1-2, The Road To Debre Markos
“Why am I short of breath,” I kept asking myself my first few hours in Ethiopia, especially the first night. The next morning over breakfast I looked closely inside my Lonely Planet and realized why:...
View ArticleHorn of Africa: Day 3, The Road to Bahir Dar
I awoke the next morning with ease — jetlag has its benefits at times — and watched the sunrise over the poor, almost destitute village of Debre Markos. Women, shrouded in thin, white-gauzy dresses...
View ArticleHorn of Africa: Lake Tana and the Road to The Monastery
The drive to Zege and the Monastery Ura Kidane Meret was like a time warp. I had no idea how tribal Ethiopia still was, and after each bend in the road we got deeper and deeper into a tribal culture...
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