As we return to Addis Ababa from Lalibela for one last day before returning home to the United States, Master P and I try and make up our minds on what to do….We call our taxi driver friend and ask him if he’ll take us to another of Ethiopia’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, Tiya. …
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under African skies
Our main objective in going to Kenya as BCK was to learn as much as possible about Kenya’s educational system, from Public to private to non-formal schools. We knew that in order to make a difference we needed to try and grasp the hardships the teachers, schools, and students encounter daily. The four of us started…
Africa’s Jerusalem
After our morning journey to Yemrehanna Kristos , we make it back to Lalibela in time to find a place to eat before seeing the final set of the rock hewn churches in the southeast cluster. As we are walking up the path with Shambel, he tells us that the area we are about to…
the Monastery of Yemrehanna Kristos
We wake from our Tukuls to early morning fog rising from the top of the Ethiopian mountains. After a quick breakfast, Master P and I find our guide and driver, and ready ourselves for a thirty kilometre drive from Lalibella to the village of Bilbella. This morning we go in search of the sacred Monastery…
Petra Mofrika
The prayer service ended in the early afternoon, and so Shambel Kibatu Haile, our guide, was ready to start our visit to the rock-hewn churches of Lalibella.We start by paying our entrance fee, which includes a short tour through a museum containing priceless artifacts, and a brief history of this place.Once completed, we walk the…
the journey to Lalibella
Master P and I arose early from our beds in Addis Ababa, knowing that we had two quick flights today before our journey to the pilgrimage city known as Lalibella would be complete. That, however, was all we basically knew. With little information from other travelers about our destination, we relied on faith, intuition, and…
the origins of Man
As we arrived into Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, you could feel the noticeable difference between this country and Kenya. First, Ethiopia drives on the same side of the road as the United States, which was a welcome comfort for me. Ethiopia was so much cleaner than Kenya, and the landscape was mountainous….
The Equator
‘Hakuna matata’ couldn’t have been a more apt phrase for the day we decided to go to the equator. The official spot was a three hour drive from Nairobi, and we left after lunch. But I love long drives, especially through the lush countryside of Kenya, exploring more of the motherland. We found a…
Dandora
With this being my fourth consecutive year traveling to Kenya, I’d thought I’d seen it all.Then Dandora slapped me across my face, and I once again re-evaluated everything. As we started to drive into the industrial slum area, the initial fear inside our van was palpable. The contrast of the factories behind large concrete…
beyond the slums
We pulled the van off the street and into the trash filled embankment on the side of the road. The putrid smell filled my senses and I gagged. “The school is just down here a little bit, not far…” The dirt path was littered with garbage, a surreal scene as new homes were being…
the story of Ralph Tim…
My first experience in the slums of Nairobi was in a tiny, fly infested room at the Good Samaritan Children Centre, a girl child in my arms looking up into my eyes with genuine curiosity as she firmly held my hand. Having returned this June to see my dear friends here, I marveled in their…
Build.Create.Kenya.
I am excited to tell you about a new organization that I am a part of called Build.Create.Kenya., a non profit humanitarian and education-improvement organization based in Kenya, helping and aiding in the progress of the education of children and basic life needs of East Africa.I am telling you about them because it is something…