Ethiopia

On Our Way, August 25.

August 25. We leave U.S. on Lufthansa airlines and fly directly from Denver to Frankfort, GY. Then transfer to Lufthansa flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, about 18 hours total. We arrive in Addis around 9:30 pm, Friday. (10 hours earlier than MDT). Our Peace Corps friends and former Colorado State Forest Service employee, Bob and Nancy Sturtevant, will meet us at the airport with our guide/driver. We will spend two nights in Addis to regain our senses after the long flight. Then, on August 28 we start our tour of northern Ethiopia and the Simion Mountains. Then down to Bob and Nancy's duty station in Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. You'll have to get a map to follow this.  Here is a brief itinerary for a few days.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 – FLY TO BAHIR DAR, BOAT TRIP & BLUE NILE FALLS
MONDAY, AUGUST 29– DRIVE TO GONDAR & CITY TOUR OF GONDER
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 – DRIVE TO SIMIEN MTS. NAT.PARK
WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 31– IN SIMIEN MTS. NAT.PARK
THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 01– FLY TO AXUM; CITY TOUR

Not much else to report until after arriving in Addis. This gives you a weeks view of what we will be doing. We don't know how much email access we will have. We are packed. We are both taking day packs plus small luggage (suitcase and back pack). We also are carrying a duffel full of safety gear purchased for Bob's forestry crew in Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. Some teaching supplies and guides are in the duffel as well. Nancy said these would be helpful for a couple teachers. 

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