Catching Up: Part Deux

So what exactly have you been up to Val since your research has been slow going?

Well, I took a trip to Ethiopia. My dad and I spent three weeks in June hanging out with my mom. She had some time off in the beginning of our visit so we hit the road and went to Adama (aka Nazareth) for the weekend. Adama is about an  hour's drive from the capital city, Addis Ababa. The road is good but the traffic is terrible since all the trucks carrying goods to and from Djibouti use this route. It has been years since I traveled outside the capital so I was pleasantly surprised to find a bustling town.

The rainy season was yet to come so it is dry

Really dry...

 

So dry, they keep camels

The 'Rents Relaxing at Sodere, the Hot Springs

Monkeys, monkeys everywhere. It is impossible to have have a picnic. When we were kids, my brother lost his banana (Cliche, I know) to these beasts

The bustling town