Day 32 – Kuriftu Splash Day

This note is from Norah and Merritt

After a couple of emotional days with Koko’s birth family and friends we needed a day to rest and play, so we went to Kuriftu water park. The only water park in Ethiopia. There were water slides, a wave pool and a great restaurant. The people were nice and the weather was beautiful. As we climbed to the top of the water slide you could see the surrounding landscape. It was an interesting contrast to be in a beautiful water park right next to small farms and villages living in poverty. This really put things into perspective. I noticed that the water park here is different in some ways than the water parks in America. I noticed that there was no trash cans because no one brought anything to the park. There was also no lounge chairs and no towels and you also have only one restaurant. One time during the day everybody stopped and ran to the wave pool right when it opened ( crazy ). Today was a great day to change it up and do something new.

All in all today we are thankful for laughter and play and rest.