Thursday, January 4, 2007

Itinerary to Include Kenya

We're leaving for Ethiopia in the morning. I'm not done packing yet. It's so hard to know how to pack for such a trip. There has been a late addition of a few days in Kenya.

Anyway - here's the itinerary as far as I know at this point:

Jan. 5-6 Fly to Ethiopia via Toronto and Frankfurt. We arrive in Addis Ababa (capital city) at 10 pm
Jan. 7 Day of orientation and exploration of Addis
Jan. 8 Travel by road to Weldyiya (long travel day)
Jan. 9 Arrive mid-day at SSD (Support for Sustainable Developement) base camp in the lowlands of Afar Region. Orientation to SSD and operations. Afternoon filming.
Jan. 10 Mid-morning depart for rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
Jan. 11 Travel to FHI (Food for the Hungry) Arb Gebyia base camp in South Gondor. Orientation to FHI and operations.
Jan. 12 Full-day of on-site filming
Jan. 13 Morning departure for Bahr Dar
Jan. 14 Long travel day to Addis Ababa
Jan. 15 Early morning debriefing. Mid-morning flight to Nairobi, Kenya. Travel about an hour south to Mitaboni to visit various projects going on there with water, food distribution, micro-credit etc.We will travel back to Machakos late in the day to visit a girl's school and possibly perform a song or two.
Jan. 16 Take part (sing) in a gathering/media event to launch their new micro-credit program. Visit several other projects in the Machakos area.
Jan. 17 Morning departure for Nairobi for a lunch with the field staff before boarding a plane for home.
Jan. 18 Arrive home (after 32 hours in transit).

This is about all I can tell you. I will post as often as I get access to the web- the next one will likely be from Addis on Sunday.

It's betime for bonzo.

4 comments:

Stephen Murphy said...

Enjoy the journey. I'm sure there are many surprises waiting you around the bend. I'm looking forward to reading how it goes for you and Nancy. May the energising love and presence of the Holy One guide and strengthen you daily.

Stefi said...
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Stefi said...

Hi uncle steve

lets try this again and see if it will properly logg me in..

Have a great and safe trip

Love yah,
Steph

Beth said...

Hi Steve. My brother's tel number in Bahir DAr is 058-220-4247. Hope you get a chance to connect. safe travels. Beth