I woke around midnight to the sickening feeling that Zoom's stomach flu from last week, rumored to have an incubation period of exactly seven days, had followed me to another continent. Sure enough, the next 28 hours of horror would confirm. Our guides were supposed to pick us up at 9 a.m. for another day of touring, and then head back to Addis.
Needless to say, we skipped the touring, which is a shame because I was so looking forward to seeing Bisheftu Crater Lake. I won't go into great detail about the drive cus I like to keep it classy around here, but let's just say that I had two choices: Multiple bondings with a longhorn steer by the side of a very busy highway or a bucket made from a cut open water bottle. Happy Valentine's Day honey - can you hold my hair? I'm sure there are worse places than a Southern Ethiopia road trip to get the stomach flu, but for the life of me I can't think of any.
On a side note - did you know Valentine's Day is big in Ethiopia? Who knew right, but red and flowers were everywhere. When we checked into our hotel there were flower petals on our beds though given the above mentioned drive, neither of us were feeling particularly frisky.
I took no pictures this day. But, since I have amazing pictures coming out my wazzoo (in my humble opinion), I'll throw some in here that didn't make the cut in any of the other posts.
Needless to say, we skipped the touring, which is a shame because I was so looking forward to seeing Bisheftu Crater Lake. I won't go into great detail about the drive cus I like to keep it classy around here, but let's just say that I had two choices: Multiple bondings with a longhorn steer by the side of a very busy highway or a bucket made from a cut open water bottle. Happy Valentine's Day honey - can you hold my hair? I'm sure there are worse places than a Southern Ethiopia road trip to get the stomach flu, but for the life of me I can't think of any.
On a side note - did you know Valentine's Day is big in Ethiopia? Who knew right, but red and flowers were everywhere. When we checked into our hotel there were flower petals on our beds though given the above mentioned drive, neither of us were feeling particularly frisky.
I took no pictures this day. But, since I have amazing pictures coming out my wazzoo (in my humble opinion), I'll throw some in here that didn't make the cut in any of the other posts.
BEAUTIFUL pictures, Capt! So, so sorry you got sick. You're right. I can't think of a worse place to have the stomach flu. though I'm sure there is somewhere.....I just don't even want to know where...
ReplyDeleteGlad it passed fairly quickly.
WOW. I'm having so much fun looking at your pictures!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the pictures!
ReplyDeleteHATE that you had the stomach flu!
Oh my word - that's GORGEOUS!!
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