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Misadventures in Ethiopia
As we sat on the plane from Dar Es Salaam to Addis Ababa I realized that the US$40 I had set aside our entire trip to pay for our Ethiopia visas were in my checked luggage. Normally when you arrive in a new country you have to get through passport ...
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13 Months of Sunshine
After a bush plane ride and two other flights, I was incredibly excited to move on to my next destination in Africa - Ethiopia. Though I wasn't completely sure what to expect there (many people I'd told I was going asked the same question with some ...
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Heading Back to Addis . . .
After a wonderful time in southern Ethiopia, we made our way back to Addis - a full day's drive from Arba Minch. On the way, we stopped in a Silt'e tukol, where the woman of the "house" made us feel very welcome and prepared us coffee, as is customary. ...
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Addis Ababa
... tomorrow's meeting hall and food, then rendezvousd with our new driver, Tom. We spent four hours touring lively Addis Ababa, lunching near the city university and Orthodox cathedral. We toured the former palace of deposed Emperor Haille ...
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An Ethiopian Tug Job
... part of the world. Outside we braced against the cold while arranging transport to our little hostel. Sunbelt though it might be, Addis Ababa was also sitting high on the peaks of the northern rim of the Great Rift Valley, and the elevation brought ...
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Meskel
... party. Muslim style. That'll be cool. So anyway, it's a holiday today and pretty much everything is closed. I did visit the Merkato the other day, the biggest open air market in EastAfrica. It's probably over a half dozen city blocks squared. Full of ...
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busy day
I'm staying at the Taitu Hotel, supposedly first in Ethiopia, now falling apart spectacularly. Checked out the Wutma Hotel and during breakfast was approached about a possible 8-day of southern Ethiopia for $100/day for 4WD and driver to be shared 3 ...
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Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa
... the airport, but not before exchanging information. It might come in very handy knowing someone in Nairobi. My first impression of Addis Ababa was poverty. Sanaa was also very poor but different somehow. It's like Sanaa is a tightly controlled (by ...
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Lucy in the sky with Diamonds...
... the famous Artist Laureate Afework Tekle's work. There was one of his which was surrealist, but designed to portray unity and Ethiopia and when i'd read the explanation it was really quite impressive! Then we went down to the basement to see the ...
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the world goes upside down and rightside up again
... morning Katie and I get to work excitedly, because a weekend means we get one entire day to explore the Merkato and maybe head to Entoto (the mountain outside of Addis). Katie checked her email and got a msg from her mom that said to call her right away. ...
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