Fri 14 Dec
- drive to departure city
- depart on KLM flight to Amsterdam
Sat 15 Dec
- 22:05 - arrive Addis Ababa on flight KL0543 from Amsterdam (via Khartoum)
- transfer to rental house (this will be our home base in Addis for the duration of our stay in Ethiopia)
Sun 16 Dec
- Visit Canadian Humanitarian projects in Addis Ababa
Mon 17 to Sat 22 Dec: tour of Hitstorical Sites with Timeless Ethiopia
- 17 @ 07:10 fly to Bahir Dar to begin north tour, visit Blue Nile falls, city sightseeing
- 18: boat trip on Lake Tana
- 19: drive to Gondar; visit King Fassilidous’s castle & bath, church of Debre Berhan Selassie, & Falasha village
- 20 @ 09:10: fly to Lalibela; visit first group of rock-hewn churches
- 21: a.m. mountain excursion; p.m. visit second and third groups of rock-hewn churches
- 22 @ 12:00: fly to Addis
Sun 23 to Tue 25 Dec
- in Addis Ababa
- visit AHOPE for Children (orphanage for HIV+ children)
- celebrate western Christmas in Ethiopia
Wed 26 to Sun 30 Dec: tour of Rift Valley Lakes with Timeless Ethiopia
- 26: by 4WD to Awassa to begin southern tour via Rift Valley lakes of Ziway, Abiata & Shala
- 27: by road to Arba Minch; visit villages of Sidama, Oromo, Wolayta and Dorzie tribes
- 28: a.m. drive to Nech Sar for game viewing; p.m. boat trip on Lake Chana for hippos, crocs, aquatic birds
- 29: by road to Wondogenet via Shashemene; known for coffee growing, birds, hot springs
- 30: by road to Addis Ababa
Mon 31 Dec to Tue 15 Jan
- in Addis Ababa
- celebrate western New Year's Eve & New Year
- bring Poppet into the family
- local signtseeing
- possible day trips to various places
- celebrate Genna (Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas) on 7 January
- celebrate my birthday on 7 January!
Tue 15 Jan @ 23:30 - depart Addis Ababa with KLM
Wed 16 Jan
- arrive in Canada with the newest member of the family!
- drive home from arrival city
8 comments:
roma. just checking in to see how travel plans are unfolding, so thrilled to see you will have a bday in ETH, what else could you possibly celebrate to make this trip more exciting?? cant wait to hear about it in a month or 2. were you successful in finding a rental for the month? sk
Wow. Sounds like quite the trip. Any chance you can post to this blog (at least once or twice) while you're there? In any case, have a fantastic trip!
Sandra, yes we found a rental house for the whole month. A friend of a friend is working in Addis and she has been EXTREMELY helpful in finding a place, negotiating with landlord, getting it tidied up and ready for us. Very nice to know we'll have a home-away-from-home while there.
K - Yes, while blogspot per se is apparently blocked from Ethiopia, I should be able to post to it by e-mailing to a special address. (Otherwise I'll e-mail posts to a friend and have her do the updates for me!) I'm hoping/planning to do so at least every few days (doubt I'll be able to equal your record of daily posts, but internet in Ethiopia is not as easy as in China!).
Oh my, I don;t think you and I could travel together- i am a seat of the pants/spur of the moment gal. UNLESS I am taking a volunteer group to Haiti- then yeah- we have a schedule.:)
Btw, i got on blogger AND toadfire from Addis.
Wow! Can you pack me in your suitcase?!? :-)
Sounds like a very fun, exciting trip! Have a fantastic time meeting the newest member of your family! I'll be watching your blog for updates!
I like your sense of adventure. Have a wonderful trip!!! I am in process of updating my daughter's passport because somewhere along the way we both stopped travelling and it appears to have expired. I doubt that she'll be coming to Ethiopia with me and my dad in 2009 (???) but who can say for sure. Thank you for reminding me why we keep passports.
yes i emailed photos and posts to my sister , looking forward to hearing from you over the month! many many blessings on the 4 of you and soon to be 5. sk
Actually, Malia's Mama, it's not as scheduled as it looks. You'll notice the only really "scheduled" parts are the two tours we're taking. And as you noted, tour operators have to have a schedule! But the parts where we're on our own are pretty much open and we'll be doing whatever happens to come along or we can think of doing.
I'm a bit of both - like to have some overall structure, but for the day-to-day details like to have flexibility and freedom to make (and maybe change) plans a bit on the fly.
On the other hand, Giggles likes to know what's happening. But seeing as I usually review the coming day with her at bedtime, that does leave a fair bit of room for flexibility.
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