It's Sunday morning and I'm excited to finish the travel portion of our trip. The flight to Ethiopia is at a very civil hour (8:30 AM) and generally uneventful. We arrive into Addis Ababa on time. The airport looks modern and solid. We pay $20 for our entry Visa. Interestingly, it's denominated in dollars not the local currency. Customs goes quickly and we're soon standing on the curb. A friend of Scott's picks us up. Her husband works for "A Glimmer of Hope" another US charity raising money for wells. charity:water does there work in the Ethiopia through AGOH. We decide to drop by her house to see the kids - three boys and a girl.
They live close to the airport in a concrete home down a series of bumby dirt streets. It's definitely not glamorous, but I don't ahve much of a benchmark. After Scott roughhouses with the kids for awhile we all (seven of us) pile back into the RAV4 for the short drive over to the hotel. We soon arrive at the Beer Garden hotel. It's down the street from a busy intersection and surrounded by tall (about 10 story) buildings under construction. After the family leaves Dan emerges from the large tent adjacent to the hotel. He's tall and skinny; he's wearing sunglasses and a green german army jacket; he's got a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other. In short, it looks like he showed up late for the bus when the Rolling Stones left town.
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