New York to Addis Ababa in 24 Hours

24 hours.

That’s how long it’s taken me to get from New York to Addis Ababa with a short layover in Istanbul. And by layover I mean a mad dash through the terminals to find my gate because we arrived at the airport late from New York.

The thing I love most about traveling is how different people are, yet how similar. We’re either nice, or not. We’re friendly or not, we’re helpful or not. And it has little to do with our geography and everything to do with our personal stories.

Me? I’m nice. I’m without luggage so instead I drank gin. I haven’t found a working ATM so I ate a bag of M&Ms and I’m exhausted and sore so I’m watching Benecio Del Toro movies. That’s how I travel, almost like I live my day to day: I try to remember why I’m here.

There will be more posts, especially once I get to Adama in two days. For now, I’m just happy to be settled at my hotel with books and the desire to write again. I thought it was gone forever. The writing, not the books.

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