14. up north

got up at 4.30 yesterday to head north towards lake tana.  went to sleep about 2 the 'night' before and amazingly didnt fall asleep the entire 10 hour drive.  my right leg almost had to be amputated but besides that the ride wasnt too bad.  it was actually really beautiful driving through the african countryside.   at one point, we crossed the nile river gorge and dropped from 10,000 ft to 3,500 before climbing right back up.  probably the steepest roads ive ever been on.  the kind of roads you would not dare ride on with drew roberts.  your chances of surviving that would be 3-4% at the most.

 

once i finally got here, i had dinner and then sat down to read around 3.30.  next thing i knew it was 9.30 and i had a book laying on me and the people i was staying with had already gone to sleep.  so i basically slept for about 15 hours last night in my sweet mosquito net.  i think im gonna get one for birmingham when i get back.

 

still not sure about my plans for the future (the 'future' being tomorrow) but thats not really a surprise.  might get to hike out to some village where they are having some festival.  could be pretty cool.  im just worried i wont be able to get out of eating the food.  guess we will see.

 

i'll write more later, and send out the longer post from this weekend.  this keyboard is really hard to type on.

 

- j(w)s