I was going to Addis to begin my In-Service training. The 35 of us in education would spend 2 weeks in Ambo, about 3 hours west of Addis, and then the subset of us working at CTEs had another week planned touring ELICs. But first, at 4:30 am on a Sunday, I had to break out of my compound.
The good news is that my compound’s fence is very secure. If only I had known that my landlord padlocks the gate from the inside, I wouldn’t have had to try to climb over unstable piles of rocks and eucalypdus limbs. I tried; I couldn’t. I walked around to the bathroom and moved away the poles that separate another compound’s bathroom. My backpack barely squeezed through and I tiptoed into my unknown neighbor’s yard, hoping they don’t have a dog. It was too dark to see their exit, though, and it was likely locked as well. I crept back and sat outside my door, hoping my bus to Addis wasn’t pulling out of the station at that moment.
My landlord wakes up around 6, or, if someone is outside his door muttering about crazy security measures, 5:30. I caught my bus minutes before it departed – so perfect timing. I could have slept in.
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