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Nairobi Impressions
Posted: Jun 27, 2012
We arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at the wretched hour of 2:00am local time. The first thing that I noticed when deplaning was high humidity -- when our plane rolled to a stop on the tarmac, the exterior windows immediately ...
New Use for an Old Tomb
Posted: Jun 25, 2012
This post is coming out of order, but it was such a unique experience, I have been wanting to share it when I could. These pictures are from an excursion that we took in Addis Ababa last Friday to the Holy Trinity Cathedral. It is one of ...
The Stones of the Earth
Posted: Jun 25, 2012
So far, we have visited slums in two different areas: in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya. In Addis Ababa, it is estimated that anywhere from 65% to 80% of the city's 3.4 million people live in the city's ...
We Have Arrived In Nairobi
Posted: Jun 24, 2012
It's almost 4am local time, and we have just finished getting checked into our hotel in Nairobi. This travel experience wasn't quite as smooth as our first one. It involved a flat tire -- the car carrying Coach -- so the class was ...
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Posted: Jun 23, 2012
Below the spires of the cathedral Of the Church of the Holy Trinity A cat treads unregarded across the Flagstones, past the praying priest, and dashes Up the steps to the landing in the sun. Inhuman, an animal, noone cares As it reaches the ...