Table of Contents - Ethiopia: Travels of a Youth

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Introduction

Arrival - what has this man's Army gotten me into?

A Walk in Asmara - looking over my new home town

Kagnew to the Nyala Hotel - gold, curios, and the big picture

City Center - life in the fast lane

The Markets and Beyond - real life

Kagnew Station - home away from home

Where are we? - maps, weather, people, languages, and more

Cycling Python Valley - a one-way ride past hysterical cows and baboon missiles

Asmara to Massawa by Road - 8000 feet to sea level in 72 miles [Includes graphics]

Asmara to Nefasit - avoiding prickly pears, skate boards, and gas trucks

Nefasit to Ghinda - switchbacks from hell, pill boxes, and a beautiful valley

Ghinda to Massawa - ignoring sweltering heat at 65 mph [Includes graphics]

Debra Bizan - monks on top of the world

Nefasit to Decamere Road - a shortcut for supplying a war machine

Northern Cutoff Road - another shortcut, this one through a rain forrest [Includes graphics]

Mad Dash to Massawa - fast-lane relief on a boring day

Asmara to Massawa by Rail - bridges, dark tunnels, and mountainside shelves

The Asmara-Massawa Tramway - hanging from the Eritrean sky

Asmara to Keren - retreating to quieter climes

Asmara to Keren by Road - cooperative farms, baobab trees, and camel markets

Asmara to Keren by Rail - over the plateau and down the river

An Archeological Triangle - discovering the pale remnants of an Axumite kingdom

Asmara to Adigrat - driving past the ruins of centuries

Matara - exploring King Kaleb's ruins

Adigrat to Adi Abun - crossing the mountains of Italian defeat

Debra Damo - Wa! You mean I have to climb that rope? [Includes graphics]

Alumqa's Yeha - pilgrimage to an ancient holy place, the oldest standing building in Ethiopia

Axum - home of kings and the Arc of the Covenant

Adowa to Asmara - churches, borders, and tornadoes

Last Trip to Massawa - heat, bars, ships, sea, and heat

Leaving Ethiopia by Sea - a slow boat to Elath

The War for Eritrean Independence - Eritrea's long struggle

Ethiopia's Money - what we spent

Ethiopian Music - Radio Asmara at your service [music not available online]

Index - A-D, E-M, N-Z

Appendixes

Technical Goodies and Tips for Tweakers - how does this CD work?

Glossary and Dictionary - what's that mean?

Bibliography - where can I learn more?

Links to Other Sources - what's on the internet?

Graphics and Video Lists - where's that picture I saw? [Includes graphics but no videos]

La Teleferica Massaua-Asmara - translation of the tramway builder's boastings

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