My parents are understandably a little concerned about my being in Ethiopia, and have thus expressed some relief that I am now moving onwards to Italy. Just a couple days ago, Al-Shabaab militant stormed a shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya, Ethiopia’s southern neighbor. The Westgate mall fiasco was complete with hostages, a multi-day militant siege, and a collapsed parking deck. Frighteningly, those caught in the crossfire could have been anyone making the scene all the scarier. That all said, whether warranted or not, I felt safe with Harya and her family, whether that be traversing the capital city via minibuses or walking through crowded streets trying not to get lost.
it's 40k kilometers around the world's circumference