Well its another very cloudy morning, after a night of heavy rain that began at 7:45 and ended sometime this morning. This must be what Seattle is like. I think the high temperature in the past two weeks has been about 78 degrees F. We have two young interns as guests, Anna and Jenna. They were supposed to fly out this morning at 8:30, but their flight was cancelled. They want to get back to Addis because President Clinton will be in to announce a major new initiative to make malaria drugs more affordable. He will meet with staff while he is here.
Yesterday, I departed our gate heading east, turned immediately south on our road, I guess we should call it Ivy Lane since it has not name, and then after a 1/2 block turned west on the main road, again no name, so I choose to name it Market Road. I was on my bicycle and they have recently spread red ash (volcanic rock) to fill in all the mud holes. They don't crush it down, so it is an interesting ride on a road bike. Anyway as I was headed to my office, I got behind a donkey cart, that was behind a heard of cows and then we came to a place where there was still a big pile of red ash so there was only one lane through a big mud bog. Anyway there was a land cruiser coming from the other way and there was this big confusion about who should go, so finally I jsut went only to be caught between 4 o 5 cows all around me. I finally made it through without incident, but that's the way it was.
Charlie
3 comments:
Hello Charlie!
Good luck.
Congratulations.
Haha, watch out for those cows! Sounds like you guys are doing great. Stay dry. :)
-Liz
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Hello,
I ran across your blog and I was so excited. I am currently working on raising funds to help update and enhance Felege Hiwot Hosptal. Having been there I have been passionate about getting the hospital funding and attention to care for the 5-6 million people it serves. I have been able to enlist the help of many including Dr. Azene there at the hospital and the head of the UN Millennium Project in Ethiopia. I am hopeful to get back there before the end of the year to start this rebuilding project. I laughed out loud when I read about you finding a bed. I too experience that and ended up at the same Lake Tana Hotel... I would love to know what CHAI is doing there and if we can combine our efforts
My name is Kim Bouldin-Jones and I am a Global Disease Prevention Specialist ... please email me and I can give you more detailed info about this project.
kbj2002us@yahoo.com
Many Blessing!!!
Kim
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