More Airport Fun...

Our return flight from Gonder-Addis was on one of those small prop planes. Once we’d all boarded, the captain came into the aisle and said,
“We have problem. Plane broken. Both batteries will no start. Everyone must get off plane. We try to fix. We hope for the best.”
We proceeded to spend 7 hours in the tiny Gonder airport (there were no other planes there, so they had to fly the part in). A little bit of food, cards, and hackey sack helped pass the time. Met some very interesting people. One guy named Andrew was returning to Portland,Oregon after his non-profit organization (www.ethiopiaproject.com) put on a series of running races in Ethiopia. Very cool! After a long day we finally made it back in one piece.
But the whole day embraced to me what I love about this culture. If that had happened in the US, people would have been pretty upset and wanted vouchers or some kind of compensation- and surely there would have been a lot of complaining. The Ethiopian culture is so laid back, “no worries”! I love it! America has a lot to learn…