Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Dawitt is a street boy in Addis. Jim and Marion have known him for a few years and we were introduced one afternoon. For the next couple of weeks we spent some time with him. We would often meet him for lunch or breakfast at a cafe near to where he stayed in the city. Read more

Jacob and I spent three weeks in Addis Ababa. We ended up getting to spend about half of that time volunteering. We spent the majority of our volunteer time with kids. Something I was thrilled about, and something Jacob grew to enjoy. We spent our Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at Strong Hearts. They run Read more

Addis is the home of Africa’s first and largest outdoor market. The entire market covers an area that’s probably the size of Charlottetown. You can find anything and everything there. It’s nearly impossible to find your way around and entirely probable that you will get lost and disoriented soon after entering. While Markato is huge, Read more

We’ve been in Addis Ababa for almost two weeks now and are just finally getting settled in. Africa is a completely different beast from anything else we’ve experienced and it’s taken some time to adjust. Ethiopia, and I dare say Africa in general, moves at a much different pace than Asia. In Asia every one Read more

After four plus months on the road, I was ready for a break. Traveling is fun and exciting but moving around every 3 or 4 days gets tiring. It’s amazing to me how much things have changed in a year as I was so happy to go back to Korea where I felt so comfortable Read more

Our final stop had us in Singapore before we would be taking in break in Korea over the Christmas holidays. We arrived early in the morning and made our way through the city by public transit to our hotel. We were a little disappointed to be leaving Australia and all its western comforts behind but Read more