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One of our Seeing is Believing tour participants, Stefan Hensel, has kindly taken the time to compile a few photo albums of some special moments captured during our trip.
“This photo essay will, hopefully, reflect the impressions gathered on this trip and the joy that it created for both the visitor and the visited. I hope [...]

Well, the 2007 “Seeing is Believing” tour is officially over, and I think it’s been a great success. Part of the intent behind this trip and blog is to bring us all a little closer to issues that we sometimes feel too removed from to understand. Everyone’s world is a different size. This trip provides [...]

Yesterday was a travel day with an early morning visit to the local Lalibela primary school. At the school we distributed two big boxes of pencils. The visit was moving as the children performed a song a dance. We’ve seen a lot of school children during these past 10 days. The joy we’ve encountered in [...]

We hit the 11 famous rock hewn churches of Lalibela at mid-morning, eager to see the miracle of construction. These towering edifices were hewn out of the solid, red volcanic stone on which they stand. They appear like a superhuman creation - in size and in concept.
Some lie almost completely hidden in deep trenches, while [...]

Here’s to the long road again as we set off for an 11 hour journey to Lalibela on highways that hug the road and give us all breathtaking views of canyons, mountains, quilts of terraced farmland and the never ending stream of walkers on the side of the road carrying bundles. Out Timeless Tour guide [...]

This morning we loaded our suitcases onto the bus while it was still dark- we headed out of town a bit behind schedule but still beat the rush hour traffic. Before we knew it our bus was taking us through an incredibly scenic drive in the Blue Nile Gorge. For more than a million years [...]

Addis Ababa has an energy that’s hard to capture with words. The city is vibrant. Its inhabitants are of more than 80 nationalities speaking more than 80 languages. Addis Ababa is sharply divided by class and ethnicity. You can stay in a five-star hotel with heated pools and a full spa — five blocks from [...]

After an uneventful but long flight we arrived in Addis Ababa late Saturday night.
Addis Ababa is a grand dame decked out for a party that feels like it’s still going on. We missed the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations in September, but Addis Ababa remains dressed in her best with coloured lights wrapped around trees and suspended [...]

In less than a week, I will be setting off to Ethiopia with six CODE supporters who share in our belief that when a person can read and write they can learn to do anything.
I’ll be honoured to show them first hand what Canadian funds can accomplish through partnership with CODE Ethiopia, and a multitude [...]