walk

I've had a hard week so today I decided to do something different. I decided to go for a long walk down the road and turn around when it felt like the right time. I walked and walked in my crocs (poor choice of footwear but it worked out OK), greeting maybe a hundred or so people along the way. I stopped in a town to get lunch, then kept walking. After I'd been walking for 3 hours or so, a passerby told me that I was close to a larger town. I recognized the name as a town close to where a Peace Corps Volunteer couple live (there are four total PCVs in the Sidama Zone - 2 health and 2 agriculture). It turns out one of them was in town (Ian) so I had coffee and went to the market with him. Then I took a bijaj (a golf cart like vehicle) back home. The exercise, the many many handshakes and smiles from Ethiopians, the PCV company and phone conversations with two other PCV friends have been good for me and I'm grateful for today.