Tags: ethiopia
Activities: Historic Sites, GAP Program, Activities: Culture, Activities: Travel, Activities: Landmarks, Africa
Sunday we worked for a few hours in the morning because our deliverable to the GAP office was due today. By the afternoon we felt ready for a break, so most of us went to the National Museum of Ethiopia, where the fossils of Lucy and other early hominds are kept.
10. Someone is your group always carries Pedialyte
9. You paid top dollar for a Lifestraw, and although you haven't taken it out of its packaging, you manage to reference it at least once a day.
8. You brought your BuckID 7,412 miles, only to be told at a tourist attraction that it's not internationally recognized, so you end up paying the crippling full price of $10.
So being over 7000 miles away from Columbus, we tend to long for things that remind us of home. For some of us it has been a functional gym, for others it has been ice cream, for me it has been fresh vegetables, but for all of us, we shared in a little piece of home tonight. Many of us miss home, we miss our friends, our partners, our pets. But most of all, we feel for Javed, who has a wife and three kids back home. He has a special family ritual that we could all relate to, the American classic of milk and cookies.
Sooooo it's been 16 days since we’ve arrived in Ethiopia and I've taken close to 1300 pictures (almost 15 gigs worth) and not one is of the rock where Simba was first introduced to the kingdom... still not happy about that one. Yes, we're the team that hit the goat (at least we think it’s a goat) during a 14.5 hour drive. Yes, we're the team, I can happily say, that has experienced an ailment (mostly stomach) of some sort. Yes, we're the team that “trekked” the “Roof of Africa” aka The Simien Mountains. Yes, we’re the team that “pays” roughly $15 total for 5-star quality dinners (HA!).
Activities: Historic Sites, GAP Program, Activities: Travel, Activities: Food, Activities: Landmarks, Africa
Tuesday May 13th
When the location for GAP clients was announced, I didn’t hesitate to sign up for Ethiopia. There was no thought, no contemplation, and no matrices of pros or cons. I simply used my gut and cashed in all my chips so I could work in Africa because I knew it would be an adventure.