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Google Indoor Mapping of Airports

Google has been squirreling away, mapping out the indoors of malls, train stations, and even… airports. Yes it’s true, Google not only wants to be the be-all-end-all of outdoor wayfinding, but indoor as well. Which actually could turn in to an extremely lucrative source of revenue for the company.

February 8, 2014
The Periodic Table of… Airlines?

Are you an aviation nerd? Or maybe just a nerd who lives to travel? Then you’re going to love this new mashup – the beloved Periodic Tables of Elements and airline reviews. eDreams has done the hard part of racking and stacking the world’s airlines and displaying them into cute infographic – embedded in the…

February 2, 2014
Thinking of running an Indiegogo campaign?

Thinking about launching a crowdfunding campaign? Great, because that’s what this blog is all about! Before you dive in to your campaign full-throttle, keep reading for some tips, tricks, and lessons learned, that I’ve collected throughout my tripchi Indiegogo campaign journey, which ended mid-December 2013.

January 21, 2014
Panoramic View Hotel Lalibela

The Panoramic View Hotel is a recent addition to Lalibela (Sept 2013) and, as such, the property, rooms, bathroom, grounds, and garden are very new and clean.

January 19, 2014
Day 14 – Last day in Ethiopia

I had a nice sleep and woke up at a leisurely pace for one of the first times on the trip. After taking a much needed shower (you have no idea how dusty it was this time of year), I joined Mesele and Mercy in the kitchen for a breakfast of scrambled eggs and a…

January 17, 2014
Day 13 – Lalibela to Addis Ababa – Back with family!

I caught the 1200 flight back from Lalibela to Addis, getting to sleep in a little later this morning, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and then meet Kassa in the lobby for our final car ride at 1000. It was a semi-tearful goodbye after the long drive to the airport on a hotter than normal. I…

January 16, 2014
Day 12 – The Magic of Lalibela

I woke up around 730 and had breakfast – fried eggs, toast, and papaya juice – in time for my 0830 meeting with Kassa to begin our drive to the Monastery on the Mountain – Asheton Maryam Monastery. It was about an hour car ride crawling up a windy and steep mountain that began right around…

January 15, 2014
Day 11 – Gondar to Lalibela, Ethiopia

This morning I had an 0830 flight to catch from Gondar to Lalibela. I scheduled the hotel shuttle to pick me up at 0700 the night before, and had an early buffet breakfast at the Taye Belay Hotel around 0630. As suspected the hotel shuttle was not there at 0700 (Ethiopian time, after all) –…

January 12, 2014
Day 10 – Addis to Gondar, Ethiopia

Gondar, not Gonder. Although I still can’t stop thinking about Lord of the Rings, and hoping that Gondar, Ethiopia will fill me with just as much wonder and inspiration. An early morning Ethiopian Airlines flight whisked me away from the bustling capital city to the more-rural North, and formal (Medieval) capital of Ethopia, Gondar.

January 10, 2014
Day 9 – Kampala, Uganda to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

I’m sad to say this is the last day of the Schaffer family 3-country trek through Central Africa. We had a great time and, more importantly, nobody fought, nobody got sick, and everybody survived. In fact, we may even do it again soon (Spain!?).

January 9, 2014

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