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Addis Ababa

Electricity Fiasco

June 18, 2009

Well I’ve been meaning to post several things on the blog but in my attempt to do so I have somehow managed to come across every barrier known to man.
I wrote up several blog posts on a computer and then went to put them online but while I was typing the phone line went down.  [...]

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The Most Ridiculous Day Of My Life

June 7, 2009

Well today I awoke to the sweet sound of Flo Rider singing “You spin my head right round right round” … somehow it doesn’t get any better all the way over here in Ethiopia. Abiti’s uncle Danny is visiting and he is just full of knowledge. Apparently Alicia Keys is lesbian and Beyonce [...]

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Day 2 – Kayla Does the Orthodox Church scene

June 6, 2009

That’s right… I went to church and it was the craziest thing I have ever experienced. The church was made of wood and metal sheets and we all piled into the building for what would turn out to be a 5-hour ordeal! I sat there near the front with a translator who tried to [...]

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Day 1 – Arrival in Addis Ababa

June 5, 2009

I’m ALIVE! Well I made it to Addis in one piece and by some miracle I found Nebeu’s cousin Abiti in the airport. Getting a visa and everything was really simple. We got a taxi and went to look at the hotels I was thinking of staying in. Abiti didn’t like [...]

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