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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By oikoumene | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Visiting Ethiopia is a journey deep into the history of a glorious ancient culture that gave birth into one of the most unique forms of Christianity, which remains unchangeable until today.
This year a youth group, WCC’s Commission on Youth, gathered ...
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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 | By cam2yogi | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
We were enveloped in a disruptive blackness. Somewhere, in the Horn of Africa, our carriage rested, while inside our bodies contorted uncomfortably on plastic benches. Supposedly, this was First Class: a 26 hour train ride from Dire Dawa, Ethiopia ...
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Mon, 11 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [1503] | Comments [1]
According
to the guidebooks, it should be fairly easy to get to the Entoto Mountains
right outside of Addis Ababa, which has a great view of the city and a market
on Saturday. It was supposed to be only
two mini-buses, but instead it took five ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 6 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [563]
There are two volunteers here - Beckie & Newton. They are really so nice. It's nice to have them to show me the ropes and help pave the way. Newton is actually from San Francisco also. He teaches art and is a soccer coach. He has done lots of ... Read more >
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [465]
Oh my gosh. Where do I start this story? So I have no realized that posting everything I have done in a day makes no sense, plus it would take me weeks to put it all online, so I will try to hit the basics of what has been going on. Especially because ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [482] | Comments [3]
Hey ok so I was planning on writing from where I left off, as there are many things that happened from Gondar to now such as the AMAZING Simien Mountains trek. But something great has happened! As I was wasting the day on the internet and walking around ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [1315] | Comments [2]
After parting (for now) with our new Belgian friends, we got up at 6am after a great night sleep in a roach infested room. At least the bathrooms were clean! The first thing I saw waking up was a giant roach next to Dani's head, on the inside of the ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [589]
Had some trouble sleeping at night, I woke up several times. Guess I was nervous about the ride, and I really hope the jeep will show up! I will feel stupid getting caught in a scam this early in my trip (ooh just wait it will come soon enough!) Finally ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [421] | Comments [1]
Where should I even start this story? I think it will take me the next 2 days to fill in the last week since I have seen a computer, but lets do this daily eh? So...after I updated last Dani and I went to eat dinner and withdraw money from the bank.... Read more >
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [386]
Hey there! Wasnt planning on going on the internet today, but my friend Dani needed the internet so we came here. And what else to do than update this? The internet here is half the money as the other place...about 75 cents an hour! REally nice, and ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By evanchartier | Views [403] | Comments [1]
Ok wow...where do I start? Leaving Israel was one of the hardest things I have had to do since I got there for the army. Saying goodbye to friends was difficult, and to my Great Aunt (emphasis on the Great) Tante Perel. What she has done for me the ... Read more >
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By agnew1 | Photo Gallery
Bus Ride
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Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By agnew1 | Views [1145] | Comments [7]
The grimy bus station was a hive of activity swarming with men, women and children rushing to their desired bus while scattered herds of donkeys, goats and sheep chewing on discarded and rotten mango skins and corn cobs meander through the crowd of people.... Read more >
Tags: ethiopia
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By houdyman | Views [2840]
Another stump jumper flight to Aksum from Lalibella and we were on the ground in the city of Aksum, the ancient capital of Ethiopia. We shared a cab ride into town with some people we met on the plan and stopped at a hotel we read about in our guidebook.... Read more >
Tags: aksum, ark of the covenant, obelisk
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