5/1/19
Drove to Awash Falls National Park. Around 11am, I was hit with diarrhea. It would turn out to be the only time I'd get sick on our entire overland trip, which is pretty amazing! We had a short game drive in the park where we saw some lesser kudu and a giant tortoise. We're camping next to a fancy safari style lodge, overlooking a river and the waterfall. We could see crocodile eye shine at night. The camping area had lots of cool places to sit overlooking the waterfall, so I wished I had been feeling better. The rest of the group ate dinner, but I didn't, and the group also enjoyed a coffee ceremony and a fire. Fell asleep in our tents to the sound of the waterfall.
5/2/19
Bus walk in the a.m. where we saw olive baboons, vervet monkeys, hornbills, and nile crocodiles. Then we did a game drive where we saw beisa oryx and dik-dik. We then drove to the town of Ziway, on the shores of Lake Ziway. We're staying at a cute little hotel with nice flowers, a TV, and a fridge. In the evening I had my first meal in 30 hrs. Feeling much better!
5/3/19
Took a horse buggy into town. I got to drive! Had juice and a traditional breakfast called Ful with avocado. We then took a boat ride on Lake Ziway. We saw some hippos, a monitor lizard, and lots of birds. We stopped at a small island and walked up to the top to a monastery. In the afternoon, we relaxed and then all took horse drawn buggies to the market to shop for our 3 night in the Bale mountains. In Ethiopia it's always a bit frustrating to shop because of all the bargaining and haggling you have to do, no knowing where things are, and very limited items to buy. All we could really find were a few veggies, fruit, eggs, rolls, spices, and that's about it. If you're lucky, peanut butter, honey, tea, and tuna. In the afternoon, Elisha started feeling sick similar to me, with diarrhea.
Drove to Awash Falls National Park. Around 11am, I was hit with diarrhea. It would turn out to be the only time I'd get sick on our entire overland trip, which is pretty amazing! We had a short game drive in the park where we saw some lesser kudu and a giant tortoise. We're camping next to a fancy safari style lodge, overlooking a river and the waterfall. We could see crocodile eye shine at night. The camping area had lots of cool places to sit overlooking the waterfall, so I wished I had been feeling better. The rest of the group ate dinner, but I didn't, and the group also enjoyed a coffee ceremony and a fire. Fell asleep in our tents to the sound of the waterfall.
5/2/19
Bus walk in the a.m. where we saw olive baboons, vervet monkeys, hornbills, and nile crocodiles. Then we did a game drive where we saw beisa oryx and dik-dik. We then drove to the town of Ziway, on the shores of Lake Ziway. We're staying at a cute little hotel with nice flowers, a TV, and a fridge. In the evening I had my first meal in 30 hrs. Feeling much better!
5/3/19
Took a horse buggy into town. I got to drive! Had juice and a traditional breakfast called Ful with avocado. We then took a boat ride on Lake Ziway. We saw some hippos, a monitor lizard, and lots of birds. We stopped at a small island and walked up to the top to a monastery. In the afternoon, we relaxed and then all took horse drawn buggies to the market to shop for our 3 night in the Bale mountains. In Ethiopia it's always a bit frustrating to shop because of all the bargaining and haggling you have to do, no knowing where things are, and very limited items to buy. All we could really find were a few veggies, fruit, eggs, rolls, spices, and that's about it. If you're lucky, peanut butter, honey, tea, and tuna. In the afternoon, Elisha started feeling sick similar to me, with diarrhea.
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