Another night full of chanting. I was so exhausted, I barely noticed. Work up bright an early at 5:30 am and tried to get a jump on my journaling and check emails, etc.
Sadly, as I've mentioned before, you have to submit to Ethiopia's ways. The hotel had wireless yesterday for some of the day, but then it went down in the afternoon. It still wasn't working this morning, so I just sat and type up notes...until the power went out completely. I was glad that I'd already packed and showered. So I sat in the semidarkness, watching another group leave the hotel. After they departed, one woman came up to the desk and said, "Where's my group? Did that group leave?"
The man at reception said that a group had left.
She freaked out. Took the very North American approach and began getting louder, "How could they leave without me? She said 6:15 and it's only 6:18! Didn't they count?! How could this happen? Call her! Call her right now! She's the tour leader, you must have her cell phone!" The poor man kept talking quietly, saying he was sure they would come back. The lobby had two people working reception, me, and another African gentleman all sitting there. All the Africans were like, "They will come back, do not worry," I was secretly laughing, and she was getting more and more wound up.
I had spoken to the man sitting with me earlier when he'd asked about the internet connection, and he was trying to reassure her. When the bus did come back, about four minutes later, I looked at him and said, "Someone is going to get it." He grinned at me, and then we heard her yelling at the whole busload of people.
The flight was uneventful. Which is always a good thing.
Today is kind of a transportation / rest / prep for the next phase of the trip day. Which is perfect. I'm nearly out of toothpaste, malaria pills, deodorant, and sunscreen. I'd packed too well.
Luckily, there is a pharmacy right by the hotel, and you don't need prescriptions for a lot of drugs here, so I was able to get some malaria pills very easily. The pharmacist was very nice and funny. I was looking at the toothpaste and he said, "It is too hot today!" I said, "Oh! I need sunscreen!" He thought that was hilarious for some reason. He and the cashier were watching "The Shaggy Dog" (the Tim Allen version) while I was there.
No real pictures to speak of...except this one in the airport.
The logo doesn't really match the fact that every single person here has a cell phone.
Tomorrow we head south.
Sadly, as I've mentioned before, you have to submit to Ethiopia's ways. The hotel had wireless yesterday for some of the day, but then it went down in the afternoon. It still wasn't working this morning, so I just sat and type up notes...until the power went out completely. I was glad that I'd already packed and showered. So I sat in the semidarkness, watching another group leave the hotel. After they departed, one woman came up to the desk and said, "Where's my group? Did that group leave?"
The man at reception said that a group had left.
She freaked out. Took the very North American approach and began getting louder, "How could they leave without me? She said 6:15 and it's only 6:18! Didn't they count?! How could this happen? Call her! Call her right now! She's the tour leader, you must have her cell phone!" The poor man kept talking quietly, saying he was sure they would come back. The lobby had two people working reception, me, and another African gentleman all sitting there. All the Africans were like, "They will come back, do not worry," I was secretly laughing, and she was getting more and more wound up.
I had spoken to the man sitting with me earlier when he'd asked about the internet connection, and he was trying to reassure her. When the bus did come back, about four minutes later, I looked at him and said, "Someone is going to get it." He grinned at me, and then we heard her yelling at the whole busload of people.
The flight was uneventful. Which is always a good thing.
Today is kind of a transportation / rest / prep for the next phase of the trip day. Which is perfect. I'm nearly out of toothpaste, malaria pills, deodorant, and sunscreen. I'd packed too well.
Luckily, there is a pharmacy right by the hotel, and you don't need prescriptions for a lot of drugs here, so I was able to get some malaria pills very easily. The pharmacist was very nice and funny. I was looking at the toothpaste and he said, "It is too hot today!" I said, "Oh! I need sunscreen!" He thought that was hilarious for some reason. He and the cashier were watching "The Shaggy Dog" (the Tim Allen version) while I was there.
No real pictures to speak of...except this one in the airport.
The logo doesn't really match the fact that every single person here has a cell phone.
Tomorrow we head south.
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