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Ethiopia | my roving eye
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I’m not sure if I’m the kind of person who believes in fate or destiny. If I was, I would tell you that I was destined to go to Ethiopia. That Ethiopia would change everything. That Ethiopia was part of my soul. And for something like that to happen, it must have been predestined. Which, of course, it was. Which, of course, it was. Everything is different now. Things that used to seem really important to me are trivial. The stock market is in the tank? January 8, 2009. .of love. Be the first to comment!
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my roving eye | From Melbourne to Boston, the long way around | Page 2
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So we get up bright and early to go to the airport (we had debated about driving to Gondar, since it was only a few hours, but it ended up being even more expensive than flying all four legs, which made no sense but there you go), and Yilnikal is there to take us. He will come meet us in Gondar, he promises. Kate, he will see you again! He still hasn’t given up hope on winning her love (or at least a night of hot lust) and he keeps telling us how he will see us in Gondar. Sure, dude. We go to bed ready t...
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The last days | my roving eye
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As we say in my family, someone must be blamed. We never make it to Serenade and end up at a bar where we have dinner. We get a taxi home and say goodbye to Kate and Elias, and stagger home, exhausted. After all, ONE OF US painted all day. January 7, 2009. .of love. Be the first to comment! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. From HIV to Home.
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where and when | my roving eye
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Nov 23-Dec. 11, 2007: New Zealand. Dec 11-15: Sydney, Australia. Dec 15-22: Bali, Indonesia. Dec 22-27: Beijing, China. Dec 27-30: Chengdu, China. Dec 30- Jan. 4, 2008: Shanghai, China. Jan 4-31: Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Jan 31-Feb. 3: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Feb 3- Feb. 29: Delhi, Amritsar, McLeod Ganj, Rishikesh, Delhi again, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad and Bombay, India. Feb 29-Mar. 15: Kerala, India. Mar 15-Apr. 26: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Apr 26-May 8: Ethiopia. May 16-30: England and Dublin.
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Loving Lalibela | my roving eye
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The night before we left Gondar, we checked with the guys at the hostel about when we needed to leave to get to the airport on time. An hour before the flight, they said. Sure, we asked? Yes, they said, authoritatively. But in the morning, when we are all half-dressed and bathed, we suddenly hear banging on our doors. TIME TO GO! The guys yell. GO NOW, OR YOU WILL BE LATE! We decide to walk up toward the churches, so we start up the hill, which seems neverending. As usual, as we walk through, we are ...
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Sticky rice for breakfast | my roving eye
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Sticky rice for breakfast. From Nong Khai, we went to Vientiane in a minivan with a German couple. We were dropped off in the middle of town, and we walked from there to our guesthouse. The guesthouse had told us they had no fan rooms (“No. We no have.” is a response we got very used to), but sooprise! When we arrived, they had one for us. With a Western toilet. And a sink. And satellite TV. Were it not so disturbingly unsanitary, I might have hugged the toilet. They just walked away. Our final goal in V...
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Goodbye, Sweet Girl | my roving eye
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Goodbye, Sweet Girl. I tell her yes and hang up the phone. And then my knees give out. What kind of a world is this where an 8-year-old girl can die? Eventually, we go to little AHOPE to prepare for the funeral. The atmosphere is dulled, with the nannies walking around with tear-stained faces, and the office staff stonefaced. Mama Genet just cries. I hug Tigist and tell her I am so sorry. She was a beautiful girl. Tigist is sorry too. Goodbye, Tsion. I love you. December 17, 2008. .of doom. Notify me of ...
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The happiest people on earth | my roving eye
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The happiest people on earth. I spent most of the flight to Kampala in tears. I tried to hide it by staring out the window, but it didn’t help. I looked down at Sudan, with its endless red sand and the footpaths slicing across the horizon. I tried to watch movies. I watched Juno and laughed a little, but when it ended I wanted to cry again. And look how GREEN it is! I’ve seen a lot of immigration agents, but none of them ever told me (or T) to go on through the airport to get some more money. You are com...
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Bite the badonk | my roving eye
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A pet Was it older than 10? Has it had its rabies shot? The owner says yes. M will probably be fine, if the dog is a pet and has had a rabies shot. Buuuuuuut, if it’s an old dog, the rabies shot might not work and M could die of rabies. Thank you, and goodbye! The only place in Addis to get the shot is the mythical Swedish clinic, which everyone recommended but no one could place on a map. First Swedish fish, then Ikea, now the rabies shot! December 17, 2008. .of doom. Tel: 011 271 0768. Tel: 0911 206 291.
