July 7, 2007 - Ethiopia

With a bit of help from our REST friends, we haggled our way onto the early flight to Addis Ababa even though our tickets were booked for the afternoon. Alex was not doing well and we needed to get back to Addis so he could rest in the hotel before our trip to Tanzania tomorrow. After a night of fever and throwing up, Alex was pale and had fits of shivering. We'd already given him Cipro and Advil, so it was just a matter of waiting for the anti-bacterial to take effect.

The plane ride was a bit of a challenge, but once we reached the Hilton in Addis, Alex slept the rest of the day. I went in and out of our room intermittently to go to the gym and eat meals but it wasn't until around 8PM that we had Alex back on his feet. The three of us enjoyed a drink and snacks on the top floor of the Hilton overlooking the peaceful city of Addis with all its blinking lights that sprawled across the rolling landscape.