Category: Parts Unknown
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Traveling Through the Countryside
Even though we were starting to hit our groove in Addis, we had an opportunity to travel south through Ethiopia with Jim and Marion. We spent a day driving from Addis Ababa to Yabello, where they will base their mission work out of. We rented a van loaded up the…
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Dawitt
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…
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Volunteering
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…
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Markato
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…
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From Waygookin to Farenji
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…
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A Break
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…
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Day 125-128: English Land
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…
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Photos
I’ve finally gotten around to posting some pictures. For those of you not on facebook, these links should work. One, two, three and four.
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 