THE
Eclectic Globetrotter
Photos from Ethiopia:
![Found this little guy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_d64e16f1860b4c69902d63a1a459dbcc.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_d64e16f1860b4c69902d63a1a459dbcc.jpg)
Koshe, Addis Ababa's Main Trash Dumping Site- served as an open dump site (landfill) for over 40 years. The site is over 37 hectares and 40 meters deep.
![Scavengers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_8ee7f8d6a1584f00b095011e03b01dd7.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_463,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_8ee7f8d6a1584f00b095011e03b01dd7.jpg)
Koshe, Addis Ababa's Main Trash Dumping Site- served as an open dump site (landfill) for over 40 years. The site is over 37 hectares and 40 meters deep.
![It goes as far as you can see](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_6aba2b6d4fa24af5a040669b68e4d696.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_276,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_6aba2b6d4fa24af5a040669b68e4d696.jpg)
Koshe, Addis Ababa's Main Trash Dumping Site- served as an open dump site (landfill) for over 40 years. The site is over 37 hectares and 40 meters deep.
![The Ethiopian National Museum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_706153b27a5c4662838bdb5c131373b0.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_706153b27a5c4662838bdb5c131373b0.jpg)
![Lucy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_df24e9d767db496cba35356e740b60bc.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_df24e9d767db496cba35356e740b60bc.jpg)
![Injera Making](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_0c588f49229a4f78b6bf76116c843ef9.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_0c588f49229a4f78b6bf76116c843ef9.jpg)
Staple food in Ethiopia
![City- view](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_4c13b417cec0401da3e01345c39747d1.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_4c13b417cec0401da3e01345c39747d1.jpg)
Downtown Addis Ababa
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_876c0b14fb7c45cb858408022d24943b.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_876c0b14fb7c45cb858408022d24943b.jpg)
BBQ with friends
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_37e4a13a3c314c9ca40c3256828faa21.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_989,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_37e4a13a3c314c9ca40c3256828faa21.jpg)
My friend Lena and myself
![Debate Time](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_53ddc09d474548e8ba9228059f692cdc.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_53ddc09d474548e8ba9228059f692cdc.jpg)
Launch the Center for Creative Leadership's Women's Leadership and Debate Club. The University women debated in both English and Amharic.
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Launch the Center for Creative Leadership's Women's Leadership and Debate Club. The University women debated in both English and Amharic.
![The Diplomat Bazaar](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_270017d4d88943958c185f4e11e4e6b3.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_270017d4d88943958c185f4e11e4e6b3.jpg)
Embassies in Addis represented their countries selling food samples and other items from their nations.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_7b73758022004fc2a99f967e8be44f54.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_7b73758022004fc2a99f967e8be44f54.jpg)
Thanksgiving with the Peace Corps
![DSCF4546.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_b2d92d747bc34d948ac38738f27fc4d4.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_675,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_b2d92d747bc34d948ac38738f27fc4d4.jpg)
Thanksgiving!
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_15e042f4ddc74b1bbda5e951ba377461.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_15e042f4ddc74b1bbda5e951ba377461.jpg)
My Chanukkah gifts to myself
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_a146a92d47ad42c3abd60fe84ee2bad8.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1470,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_a146a92d47ad42c3abd60fe84ee2bad8.jpg)
Melanie (a friend from OSU who's currently in the Peace Corps Morocco), myself, and Menna (an Ethiopian friend studying at Wittenberg University in Ohio) on X-mas day.
![Sunset](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_4feed34308634ab596da76cb6239f462.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_397,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_4feed34308634ab596da76cb6239f462.jpg)
![Yaya Girls Village](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_0ca60df58c1341fab788e23e836a3489.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_0ca60df58c1341fab788e23e836a3489.jpg)
NGO working to empower Ethiopia girls and young women through the sport of running
![Visiting Addis Ababa University](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_8eee4bf03a304b0bb12667a9e256e74c.jpg/v1/fill/w_478,h_478,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_8eee4bf03a304b0bb12667a9e256e74c.jpg)
![DSCF2497.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_b7cb2954cecd4accb1faeab065402778.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_441,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_b7cb2954cecd4accb1faeab065402778.jpg)
![Cultural House](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_7507a4b0b21d4788a84db0b541644e4b.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_7507a4b0b21d4788a84db0b541644e4b.jpg)
Dessie, Ethiopia. A small town on our way to Lalibela we spent the night out and made some friends.
![DSCF2821.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_2e21b3c7b86d4323bb850462bd6a9e04.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_2e21b3c7b86d4323bb850462bd6a9e04.jpg)
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![DSCF2540.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_edd7ab69ea9e4620b6a0caca015994e5.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_edd7ab69ea9e4620b6a0caca015994e5.jpg)
![DSCF2568 - Version 2.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_8c5a94f5ab774090a2790802e722ceb8.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_383,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_8c5a94f5ab774090a2790802e722ceb8.jpg)
![DSCF2778.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_d74bc7868bf34e569b20e6388f80bc5c.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_184,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_d74bc7868bf34e569b20e6388f80bc5c.jpg)
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![DSCF2684.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_45fad597768f43859cad09a23472cdff.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_676,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_45fad597768f43859cad09a23472cdff.jpg)
![DSCF2704.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_9363fc32f3614a0f9f97f6cf5107223c.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1470,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_9363fc32f3614a0f9f97f6cf5107223c.jpg)
![DSCF2765.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_5eeffd423296419d85a0bf78eb567245.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_5eeffd423296419d85a0bf78eb567245.jpg)
![DSCF2644.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee3c84_e7aff771156845f88a3e8d5740849c9a.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_793,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/ee3c84_e7aff771156845f88a3e8d5740849c9a.jpg)
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