Sweet, sweet painting

My major purchase while in Ethiopia this trip was this painting. The artist, Tadesse Wolde Aregay had a show at the Alliance Ethio-Francaise. He was formally trained in Rome to do fresco-style paintings and he is one of the few conservators in Ethiopia that restores the paintings in the churches. It’s my first piece of [...]

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Top 10 missing links

Go here.
I disagree, Australopithecus afarensis should be number 1. What other hominid got to ride first class from Ethiopia to the states and took up two seats?

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Vote for my photo!

I submitted a photo to JPG magazine. The photos with the most votes get in, so go here and vote for it!

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Lucky’s

So the one meal that I really, really missed while in the field was the Mac n’ Cheese at Lucky’s. And because I arrive in the afternoon last Sunday, I had to wait a week to get it. (Lucky’s only offers it on their weekend brunch menu.) I finally had it for lunch Saturday. It [...]

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Awash Station

This is my hotel room on our way back to Addis. Not nearly as scary as the Mille hotel.

A real bathroom, with a toilet, sink, and a shower that worked.

Every hotel room in Ethiopia comes with flip-flops.

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Ethiopia

Some portraits of some of the Afar. (The spelling of all the names are my best guess.)

Cadere

Habib

Mohammed Ibrahim

Ahmed Isse

Awwol Isse

Ahmedetta

Unda (Little) Mohammed, Habib and Brihaun is underneith the two.

Brihaun shows off a warthog shull.

Here I am with an AK-47.

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And I’m back

I returned Sunday afternoon. I am still recouperating from the jet lag. I’m tired all the time. Though I’m sad to leave the friends that I made in the Afar, I’m happy to be back with my friends and my family in the States.
Everyone at work has been happy to see me back, and people [...]

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