Sika | June 16, 2010
Kampala is bigger than Lilongwe, and in better repair, at least in the center. Although it definitely felt like an African city (unlike, say, Maputo or Cape Town), it just felt more vast than anything in Malawi. It also has marabou storks, which I hate, a little bit because they are frigging huge and ugly [...]
Sika | June 15, 2010
We went back to the hotel so I could catch breakfast and to pick mom, who was feeling much better after more sleep. I had what seems to be the traditional Ethiopian breakfast: bread with creamed fresh honey in Hello Kitty-ish plates and coffee (ok, the Hello Kitty may not be traditional). I had decided [...]
Sika | June 15, 2010
Mom didn’t feel like going to see the actual festival in the morning. She wasn’t totally recovered from getting sick earlier in the trip (what with the go go go pace) and we both were a bit tired of the preferential treatment and especially of all the religious stuff. Eventually, after many longing looks at [...]
Sika | June 14, 2010
At the Lalibela airport, I was once again surprised at the ornateness, suburban-Ethiopian style. We had a new problem in Lalibela: a taxi and two guides waiting for us. Apparently there was a guide convention in Addis, because the guide Nebil had arranged for Lalibela was there, too. But he had sent a replacement, and [...]
Sika | June 14, 2010
We got up and threw on clothes we had set aside the night before. I brought my shama, just in case. Michael was was waiting for us in one of the blue rickshaw-like vehicles that are so common, noisy, and pollute-y in Ethiopia*. We drove through the pre-dawn streets, which were only slightly illuminated by [...]
Sika | July 13, 2007
So, I can’t room with a Malawian because judging from this day that would mean that my coworkers will try to save me at work and at home, and really a person shouldn’t have to deal with being saved more than once a day. We were told that we could say that we pray at [...]
Sika | May 12, 2007
When we arrived at Grand Canyon, we stopped just inside to eat the lunch we picked up for a picnic and stopped at Desert View to start looking around and eat. Lizi was freezing and had two fleeces, a jacket, and her gloves on because of the freezing 60 some odd degree weather. Lizi laughed [...]
