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ENTRIES FROM THIS CATEGORY
- A Long Way Since the Eighties
- Cradle of Humanity - Dominoes - Get A Room You Two - Change of Plans - Sacred Lake - From Guess to Gondar - Holy Land of Honey - Where Am I From? - Passing Through History - My Life in Airports |
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May 24, 2004
A Long Way Since the EightiesDAY 216: Ethiopia has come a long way since the 1980s when a famine caused by political and economic struggle got worldwide attention, prompting American musicians to sing "We Are The World" as a benefit. The news of the famine...Read this entry Cradle of HumanityDAY 217: Ethiopia lies in a region known as the Cradle of Humanity, the corner of the globe where it is speculated that Mankind was born -- this speculation is supported by paleontological evidence. Many cultures derived from this Creation...Read this entry June 03, 2004
DominoesDAY 218: With the weekend over, I could finally get the wheels in motion for my pilgrimmage to the Ethiopian holy sites north of Addis Ababa. All my bookings were put on hold until I could confirm with Egypt Air...Read this entry Get A Room You TwoDAY 219: With everything set up in a tight itinerary, everything was all set on my week-long journey that would ultimate bring me to the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. In order for me to make it...Read this entry Change of PlansDAY 220: On Day 218: Dominoes, I ran around Addis Ababa trying to book flights, buses and tours in a tight scheudle where one thing would lead into the next and to the next like a row of dominoes. Doing...Read this entry Sacred LakeDAY 221: "Philippines!" the street boy finally guessed correctly. Since the day before it baffled him where my heritage was from and I had him try and guess. He told me that it it weren't for my eyes, I'd probably...Read this entry From Guess to GondarDAY 222: Before I came to Ethiopia, my American conception of the country crom from images of starving children showed on Sally Struthers commercials asking for money. However this stereotypical image continued to deteriorate the more I "discovered" the "real"...Read this entry June 04, 2004
Holy Land of HoneyDAY 223: According to legend, in the the 11th century, an Ethiopian king named Lalibela had a divine vision in a dream, which instructed him to building a bunch of churches. And so, eleven churches were built in his name...Read this entry Where Am I From?DAY 224: Great, another trek, I sarcastically thought to myself as I caught my breath hiking up the mountain, trailing behind my 16-year-old guide Adam. The two-hour uphill trek alongside faithful villagers took us to the Asheton Maryam monastery, carved...Read this entry Passing Through HistoryDAY 225: According to Hollywood folklore -- i.e. Steven Spielburg's 1981 Indiana Jones classic Raiders of the Lost Ark -- the Ark of the Covenant was taken by an Egyptian pharoah to the city of Tanis and hidden in an...Read this entry June 05, 2004
My Life in AirportsDAY 226: I had so many errands to run that day for when I got back to Addis Ababa that I had to make a checklist: get a taxi from airport to hotel, pick up bag in storage to get...Read this entry |