George has noticed that even extends to the roadways

This is the third summer in a row that a group of Kentucky football players have traveled to Ethiopia for a service trip. On Saturday, the latest bunch of Wildcats did something that none of their predecessors did, visiting two local prisons.The day started with a drive of a little more than an hour from their guest house in Addis Ababa to Debre Zeit, a town approximately 30 miles southeast of the Ethiopian capital city. There, Jonathan George, china silk road tour Kevin Mitchell and Avery Williamson met an Indian family and helped prepare a meal. They cooked a goat, made injera a yeast risen flatbread - and boiled eggs to bring to the prisoners.The two facilities they visited were small, housing between 20 and 30 inmates who are awaiting trial. Along with food, they took along soap, toothbrushes and Bibles."We really got a chance to interact with them because they let us actually hand the food to the prisoners," George said. "One of the guys even asked me for my phone number."

George said he went into the day more curious about the differences between American and Ethiopian prisons than nervous. After getting a first-person view of what daily life is like for the prisoners, George learned quite a bit."It was a great experience," George said. "Of course,Silk road tours  their prisons were a lot different than our prisons. I looked at the inside of their cells and they were all laying on the floor."The three student-athletes found out that inmates are not provided many basic necessities. Instead, they must rely on family members and friends to bring them what they need. Inmates also take care of each other, sharing what they receive from the outside with one another. silk road culture tour That's an outgrowth of Ethiopian culture, something George has seen up close the last three days."They're really accepting of us," George said. "We interact with people everywhere we go. It's been a great experience with the people. They're really nice, generous people."