Ethiopia

On my way to Kili, I missed a connecting flight in Addis Abba, Ehtiopia and unexpectedly had to spend the night in the city! At first I was in tears because the prospect of staying alone in a hotel in Ethiopia scared me to death, but God provided. There was another girl from my flight who was also stranded and so we set out to experience Addis Abba together. (she happened to be from Boca!)
Our first task was to exchange money. We asked around the town and quickly learned that all the banks were closed, however, we did find a hotel that would switch out our money and in the process we discovered that Ethiopians are very friendly and helpful. Next we found a place to eat, I decided I wasnt up for trying Ethiopian cuisine so I ordered a cheeseburger. When the cheeseburger came out it was raw meat! (I didnt eat it)
After this we walked to the center of town, it was incredilbe. The building were five stories tall, but not like they are in the states, it was more like five different one story building all stacked on top of each other.
The hardest part of being in Ethiopia was not the hose for a shower, or the smelly hotel room, it was the children on the street. The kids were all wrapped in blankets and surrounded us wherever we went asking for water and food. It was very hard to watch.