This trip is getting more real. I've actually got my suitcase packed, my laptop and backpack organized, and my various travel documents where I can find them. And the weather looks great for flying out of Logan in Boston on Tuesday.
Another landmark (via GoogleEarth) for our base camp in Ethiopia is the Addis Ababa Home Depot store, right across from our 8-story apartment building (the entire block is shaded in blues which may recognize the fact that it's new construction.
There's a new Peace Corps program that's been recently re-initiated in Ethiopia, focused on public health issues, which I may check out.