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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Final Presentation

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Today is my last in Addis Ababa and I made the final presentation of my report at the Beshale Hotel to the Directors of the Ministry of M...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

My Protegees

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As part of my assignment I have been working with two local consultants: Manalebih Mequanint and Yidenek Debele. They did the investiga...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Breakfast of Champions

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One of the great things about staying at ILRI is the breakfasts that they serve. Every morning I get a custom made omelette made by one o...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Sam at the African Union

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I met with a young man today who works at the African Union and he offered to give me a tour of the building. Well its more like a campu...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

Holy Trinity Cathedral

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I toured the Holy Trinity Cathedral here today in Addis. I was given a personal tour, where I learned how Emperor Haile Selassie had laid ...
Friday, July 20, 2018

What happened to the Lada?

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You might well ask. Well, there sure are a lot of them being used as taxis in Addis Ababa. Not sure how old this one is; but its obviously...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

When it rains ...

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This is the rainy season in Addis Ababa and they are not joking. Its rained every day I've been here and often so hard, that you think y...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The Birds of Ethiopia.

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There are so many birds here. The trees are full of singing as I go for my walk around the campus. I don't know what this but its wing...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Iconic African scene

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This tree and the red earth could be a lot of places in Africa; but actually it is on the ILRI campus where I am staying. There is a 2.8 k...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Meeting Lucy

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Ethiopia is the cradle of humanity. Today we went to the National Museum to meet "Lucy" According to Wikipedia: Lucy is the co...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

Peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea

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Today is a very special day here in Addis Ababa. The president of Eritrea is visiting. The two countries were at war in the 1990’s and th...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Thursday - Jazz club

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There is a lively night scene in downtown Addis. Isabeau took me and two other Canadians that are working with his project down to th...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Construction in Addis Ababa

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Wow – there’s a lot of construction going on here; but you don’t see any cranes. The normal construction method for high rises is wo...