Jun 04 2008
Made it to Ethiopia
Greetings from the I-TECH Addis Ababa guest house - I arrived in Addis late last night after a long but uneventful journey - actually it’s a really nice direct connection from Seattle on NWA/KLM, with just 2.5 hours between flights in Amsterdam, and then a brief refueling stop in Khartoum, Sudan (I wonder if jet fuel is significantly cheaper in Sudan than in Ethiopia? I bet it is!). So less than 24 hours total travel, which is not bad for west coast to Africa.
Slept remarkably well and woke up to the good news about Obama, which is thrilling even half a world away, and to a flurry of last-minute e-mails about various aspects of trip preparation. I’m imagining Lyanda is home in a frenzy of final cleaning, packing, organizing, and logistics, though I doubt she’ll actually post to the blog till she hits African soil. It sure is going to be bizarre to be standing at the Nairobi airport on Sunday and see my wife and daughter come walking off the plane into the warm East African night. Can’t wait!
Congrats on the safe arrival Tom!
Tom!
So great to hear from you, am glad I can share your family vacation vicariously! It will inspire me to plan family vacations of my own, once I actually have kids! ha ha ha, none on the horizon yet, but in the next year or two I imagine the stork will take more interest in my house. We are well down here in Haiti, look forward to reading all your adventures! Enjoy the food, eat some chapati na maharagwe for me in Tanzania, and some sambusa na chai in Nairobi - have a great time!
hugs
amelia
Tom
Its great to know about your travel and the experiences you are gaining day by day. I think you are already with your family so now you have come across the waiting time.
Have a good time. I will be updating your travel.
Regards
Ram
Yeah! Hope you all have a fabulous trip. Let us know if you need any backup in West Seattle.
Love, Maureen and company
Tom,
C’est avec plaisir que j’ai lu ton blog au sujet de ton voyage en Afrique. Je te souhaite un bon sejour et de bonnes decouvertes.
Bonne journee.
Merci, everyone, for your kind thoughts. Nice to know people are reading.
Greta to know you’ve landed safely, Tom. We stayed up to watch the Obama win, also.
Please, Obama, NO Hillary as v.p.
Adele died on last Saturday night. Both her daughters were with her.
Besides that, little news here, but rain and cool weather and hoping to talk to Lyanda before she and Claire leave. love, mom
We can’t wait either, sweetie. xo, L
Go, go, Furtwanglers!
And good luck with the shoes, Tom. “The path is made by walking”