Italy missed it. The Emperor Haile Selassie created a new legacy. Agriculture flourished with creative inventions of coffee and teff. And people evolved with smiles on faces of unparalleled beauty. Nestled within the Horn of Africa, this land is boisterous and unique; food specialized and faith...

Lack of Internet in Ethiopia has caused me to only post blogs on

blogger. Actually, I have to email posts home and have a friend post

them for me because blogger is blocked in Ethiopia.  Never the less,

if you'd like to read about my adventures, here it is:

in the beginning, there was nothing. no people, no desk attendant and no plane. we were in Nairobi, at the airport, intending to fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. but there was nothing. and so god created free room and board at the Nairobi Hilton on Ethiopian Airlines' tab to apologize for the cancellation....