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Outside of the city, the farther away one gets, one is reminded that, in fact, ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. ♪ marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green, agricultural area than marcus's. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's gurage. and she retains close ties to

It all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh yeah. and though i've been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am, being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i'm back in thailand. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food.

Marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green, agricultural area than marcus's. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's gurage. and she retains close ties to her family and to her village. >> maya: tony! welcome to gurage. >> anthony: thank you. she was here just last year. it's been four years sinc...

♪ marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to her family and her village. >> welcome. >> thank you.

Outside of the city, the farther away one gets, one is reminded that, in fact, ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. ♪ marcus and maya come from two completely different tribes, two completely different regions of ethiopia with distinct languages and cultures all their own. maya comes from the gurage region, a more fertile, green agricultural area than marcus'. it's about three hours out from the city, and it's beautiful. ♪ maya, it should be noted, left home at a much later age. there's no question of identity. she's african. she's guragen. she retains close ties to ...