We hit the town to gather office supplies. Post-its, pens, paper, notebooks, markers, tape, and flip boards.
One stop shopping, we pick up everthing at one store. Most likely the biggest sale of the day for the store!
street vendors sell a variety of items, including 'toothbrushes'. The chewing stick, Zana, has even been found to have anti-microbial properties
There is even coffe service along the street if you are interested.
There is a lot of construction going on in the city. We were told this is one reason the Chinese are investing, Ethiopia is one of the fastest growing countries in Africa. The construction is interesting to see, with wooden branches stacked as scaffolding and looking very rickety.
Its very common to see livestock along the busy city streets. Donkeys and small herds of goats, not phased at all by the chaotic traffic.
Many of the stores have manikans showing off the clothing available for puchase.
We stopped back by the EHRI office to insure the training material would be shipped to the training facility by Monday. While we were wating, a large bird landed in the tree above. No one knew what it was, but it seemed to be a cross between a parrot and a bird of prey.
After we got back in the car, we stopped at a coffee shop for drink. Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, and the amazing aroma hit us the instant we walked thru the door. A welcome change from the thick scent of exhaust on the streets.
Back on the road, we were briefly surrounded by a herd of goats.
This woman was playing 'peek-a-boo' with her child. They were having a great time, laughing and gigling...until she saw me with the camera poking out of our van window. She frowned at me and I told the driver to 'step on it!'.
We stopped for lunch at a restaurant called Lucy. Named after the first hominid skeleton discovere here in Ethiopia. For the longest time it was the oldest skeleton discovered, until Ardi came along.
While the food looked delicious, it lacked in flavor. Everything was slightly cold and the steak was so tough it was hard to cut.
After lunch we headed back up Entoto Mountain. Adrian had joined us a day late, and he was interested in seeing the sights. We also learned there was a rock-hewn church just 2 kilometers from where we had been just the day before.
On the way up the mountain, we spotted a small boy playing along side the road. Joann asked the driver to slow down and stop and she reached her hand out with a 'hot-wheel' truck for the child. As soon as he saw the toy, his eyes grew wide and an enormous grin stretched along his face. I swear, I have never seen such unbridled joy & happiness...and all it took was a toy.
He raced up the hill, squealing and laughing along the way. Shouting to all of his friends about his new treasure.
At the top of the moutian, a water station was thick with locals all patiently waiting their turn.
When we arrived at the rock-hewn church, our first impressions were that it was no different from the church we had visited the day before. It was a large impressive building with many tall windows.
Once inside though, we saw what was so special about this particular church. Large, floor to ceiling, murals covered the entire center pillar of the church.
The murals depicted many stories of the Bible.
even the devil was represented by a large terrifying creature.
just outside the large church were a couple of caves, carved out by hand and used as a place of worship.
On the way back into town we passed by the American Embassy. A huge, pristine building surrounded by a large protective wall.
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