Been too lethargic. And, getting outta here's very tricky. So, planned out the next 800 miles... that'll keep me in motion awhile!

Tomorrow gonna buy a bus ticket leaving Monday headed south. Not sure where yet.

1) Addis to Shashemene or Awasa, 6hrs
Shashemene is communal land given by Ethiopia to the Rastafarians. And a friend in NY will be disappointed if I miss it. Then there's Awasa, slightly south, on a lake inside the Great Rift Valley. Sounds kinda cool. They're really close to each other so might stay at the lake & visit the commune.

Possible detour... to Arba Minch, another city on lake in the Great Rift Valley... but this one's got loads of crocs & hippos. Only hesitation... transport south -- maps don't show a real road nor is there info on a bus.

2) From wherever, next stop Moyale, 1.5 days on a bus!
Not sure where the bus will stop for the night but know buses don't move at night in Ethiopia. If there's a bus heading south out of my detour city, the trip might be a day - a major plus.

3) Moyale to Marsabit, Kenya, 8.5hrs
This is where it gets interesting...

The Border: have to walk across the border into Kenya before the guards leave for the night & then arrange transport for the next morning. All transport outta town leaves early, before the border opens. So if I don't make it across, then I'm stuck another day... & this town's supposed to be REALLY horrible.

Transport: Rumor has it there's a bus... but no one’s actually taken it... it's something like 'met a guy, who had a friend, who knew someone who took the bus'...

Otherwise, only other option, hitching (with payment) on a truck. And this truck... maybe I'll be lucky & get the spot inside the cab, otherwise, possibly the truck bed or on top of the load or if it's a cattle truck - jockeying on the bars surrounding the cows. I've ridden on the tops of trucks before... & I always love it... but this time just not excited. Oh, did I mention, the road's NOT PAVED!! Plus, there are bandits, on again/off again tribal wars & a few governments have issued warnings against travel there... just to add a little excitement...

But the area is supposed to be beautiful... a huge 3,000sq mile volcano with 180 little cones on it & 22 more volcanic craters.

4) Marsabit to Isiolo, 8.5hrs
Same deal as above... maybe a bus, maybe a truck, unpaved road.

But another beautiful destination... Isiolo is at the base of Mt. Kenya, Africa's 2nd highest mountain & surrounded by 12 glaciers.

5) Might head to Nairobi (4.5hrs). But gonna try & kick the city addiction & head west. (And cross the equator for the 3rd time this trip.)

Then after Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania, do eastern Kenya... then fly from Nairobi into West Africa. (Unless I decide to overland thru the Congo... just kidding Mom!)