First day in Ethiopia

It was a 16 hour flight from Washington DC to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We had to stop in Rome to get more gas so we could make the trip. They did have those tvs on the back of every seat but the programs did not work for the last 8 hours. It was not a very crowded flight so I had an empty seat next to me. When I got to the airport I had no problem getting my visa (which is needed to enter the country) and a driver from the University I am teaching at meet me at the airport (lucky for me he held up a sign with my name on it!)

This is my driver. He is a very nice person that works for the University. He brought me to my hotel the night I arrived, took me ot the Unviersity this morning, and brought me to a place for lunch when I was done. He is coming at 5:30 tonight to show me around the town a bit.
His name is Mr. Shigute. This is the entrance to the Information Systems building at Addis Adaba University. It is a new building and I teach on the sixth floor. Today they had no power so we needed to go to another building to find a room that had a PC that worked. I found the tin shack outside the new building sort of funny. In Addis Ababa this is common (to have a nice building with shacks, piles of dirt and rocks, etc right next to it).

So far everything is great. Wonderful weather, nice people, no probems!