We arrived back in the big city of Addis Ababa this afternoon. We had a wonderful journey through the northern and southern parts of Ethiopia. We left Wondo Genet this morning and traveled to an archeological site just south of Addis. It was interesting to see the science done in this area to reveal ancient Hominids up to Homo sapiens. I could have stayed in one of the exhibit huts for another hour or two just studying the information they had displayed there.
Tonight we are staying in a very fine hotel. Too plush for me but that is where they placed us. Then we went out to a really fine Ethiopian restaurant called Yod Abysinnia where we ate our traditional "last" dinner while here. They also had some ethnic or regional singing and dancing. Quite the deal.
We got back to the hotel and said our goodbyes to our wonderful guide, Yonas, and then our driver for the last 8 days, Getu. They will be missed. We had a good time with them.
Tomorrow we rise early and head for the airport for our departure to Kenya. I'm not sure what kind of email coverges we will have there especially since a lot of the evenings will be in campgrounds or lodges in the Massai Mari. (sp?) and other similar locations in west Kenya. Tomorrow night, though, we should be in a hotel in Nairobi. Then on Sunday, head west with our guide and cook. I hope the weather will be drier and warmer that what we had here in Ethiopia. It is higher elevation here, I believe, and that is why the cooler temps. Our highest elevation was over 10,000' but most of our evenings were around 6 - 7000'.
Ethiopia is definitely different but challenging. The living conditions are far below most standards one would experience in the U.S. It is sad.
That is all for now.
Phil and Marcia
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