Touring the Alem-Faisal castle made me tired, so naturally I stopped to have some coffee.
Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia
My journey through northern Ethiopia took me to the same places Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. traveled through nearly twenty years ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxydlMaikBY Addis Ababa The present day capital of Ethiopia is home to the resting place of the last emperor Haile Selassie, and where the bones of one of the oldest human ancestor, Lucy’s bones…
Buddha Like Me
After my most recent trip to Ethiopia, I marveled at the similarities between Korean and Ethiopian culture. This is the original post: I went to a temple today. Koreans built it around the sixth century. We drank tea, talked, and took some pictures. I saw a statue of Buddha — one that I hadn’t seen…
Buddha Like Me
I had always believed that Buddha was a large fat bald smiling man whose stomach Chinese people rubbed for good luck. I would see statues of this man often in Chinese restaurants. It wasn’t until 2012 that I realized this man was not Buddha, but actually a famous monk — Hotei. Back in 2012 I…
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