Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Travel Blogs

Jahful Greetings from Aethiopia
Apr 26, 2006

... Annie and Christopher in North Carolina, who runs a small guesthouse. He helped organize Bob's 60th birthday celebration here in Addis Ababa last year. He came to pick me up. Driving through Addis was a little different than other Afrikan cities. It ...

Zion City
Apr 28, 2006

... I went to visit His Majesty I's last palace (now a ethnological museum and library for the Institute for Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University). I studied some history in the library and entered the museum. They don't allow cameras. I had to tell the ...

My Ethiopian Send-Off
May 17, 2006 (1 photos)

... I caught a ride to the capital with some of the Twelve Tribes elders, so the ride was smooth. I went to the post office in Addis Ababa to try and send a box of Ethiopian goodies to the U.S. They wanted almost $100 to send just under 6 kilos. I'll have ...

Bashment for His Majesty
Apr 30, 2006 (10 photos)

... ) promotion at the Imperial Hotel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Selassie's visit to Jamaica in April, 1966 (1958 Ethiopian time. Ethiopia had a different calendar and clock than the rest of the world. Sunrise is at 1 o'clock, sunset at 12. The have ...

Addis - back to normal
Jun 17, 2005 (5 photos)

... with the goats on the roof. They were all clinging on for dear life. Something we had been warned about before coming to Ethiopia was stone-throwing. We've not had any problems - the only things Ethiopians seem to throw stones at are cows, goats and ...

Mercato in the rain
Jun 18, 2005 (2 photos)

... about another route south. We don't want to stay in Shashemene, since it's meant to be one of the worst towns in Ethiopia for travellers. All the stone-throwing stories seem to originate here, and even Philip Briggs warns you off it. Instead we'll head ...

Election mayhem
Jun 9, 2005 (1 photos)

... pause and then the penny belatedly drops. "No, get lost!" It might be worth mentioning here that the link between Rastafarianism and Ethiopia is largely one-way. Weed is illegal. I didn't sleep well again - maybe it was due to the rock hard pillow, ...

Addis Ababa - back to the big city
Jan 13, 2006

... history museum. Good to put a name to so many of the birds I had seen also good to check out some the species endemic to Ethiopia that I hadn't seen. They had a Nile Perch on the wall, those things are as big as whales. They must have also had about 15 ...

African arrival
Jun 9, 2005 (1 photos)

... - click on the links to go to a specific place, otherwise read on. ~ Blue Nile Falls ~ Lalibela ~ A bit of Addis Ababa ~ Harar ~ Lake Awassa ~ Arba Minch ~ Nechisar National Park ~ Moyale ~ Ethiopia Summary ~~~~~~~~~~~ Day the First - in ...

Ghion and beyond...
Nov 27, 2007

... Museum and saw traditional and more modern Ethiopian historical artifacts and art.  Saw the throne of the former leader of Ethiopia Haile Sellassie.  The Rastafari also call Selassie HIM, Jah and Jah Rastafari.   You can read more on ...

ABBA A.D.I.D.A.S.
Sep 2, 2006 (4 photos)

... of abandonment itself! but we reunite, have a little kiss and cuddle and head off to find somewhere to sleep for the night in Addis Ababa, it's only 10pm now afterall. I have the opposite problem as usual. I can't actually find a taxi! I need to wander ...

Just a stopover in Addis Ababa (see next entry)
Nov 6, 2007

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa - the Return
Oct 13, 2006

... the ear splitting levels of Ethiopian pop suffered on the first voyage. This thing rattled and shook its way slowly back towards Addis Ababa. By the second day it began to break down - a lot. A few times there were spectacular explosions of steam and ...

"Bus"-ting My Ass
Oct 10, 2006 (20 photos)

... I had experienced since a freak rain storm in Istanbul at the very beginning of my trip. Once outside of Addis Ababa, heading north, the landscape was spectacular. Along the entire way were incredible mountain scapes, fantastic valleys, terraced hills, ...

This is the (Ethiopi-) End
Mar 28, 2005 (5 photos)

... of time. If you are overwhelmed, just think how Chris felt. Seasi had so much knowledge that a TV crew from the capital city of Addis Ababa had flown in looking for him to give them a sound bite on some of the city sights. Seasi's father was a priest ( ...

Addis Ababa
Nov 4, 2007 (4 photos)

We landed at Addis Ababa international at about 8.30pm after some 24hours straight in the air or air terminals, to put it mildly we were gutted. But the great thing was that we knew that Heather had arranged an airport to hotel transfer. We walked out ...

Sudan to Ethiopia
May 18, 2003 (7 photos)

... the border town, we were politely welcomed into Ethiopia with little fuss, despite it being a national holiday (a common occurence in Ethiopia as we have now found out!). From the border we started a long climb, high into the Ethiopian mountains, full of ...

Day One
Apr 22, 2003 (1 photos)

Okay, just a quick e-mail to let everyone know we are safe and alive. Addis Ababa is a good city to start this little trek in - its not too big or small. We've been walking around all day and the kids are great. They come running after us, calling ...

Addis Ababa - the Doldrums
Oct 18, 2006

... Addis for about five days now. I've developed an intense torpor and vague depression. I've done this country a disservice. Lalibela and Addis Ababa, and that's it. I even turned down an opportunity for a place in an 4x4 for cheap, going to the Omo River ...

Ethiopia, who would have thought?!
Oct 9, 2006 (5 photos)

... , fear, or ignorance that can exist in all of us. I think I am the better for facing it.*) I spent two days in Addis Ababa, mostly walking around, getting stared at, and trying (almost always in vain) to check my email. It appears the entire internet ...

Addis Ababa
Sep 2, 2006

... how many things can happen in one day. But I'm not easily side tracked, and I am now in Ethiopia . During my Washington-Rome-Addis leg of my journey I switched seats three times, finally settling beside an Ethiopian-Miami-Gangster-convenience store ...

Addis Ababa
Jan 10, 2009 (12 photos)

First day and I soon realised that what I had been told about everything taking a long time in Ethiopia was true as the "5 mins wait" for the hotel shuttle bus turned into 35 mins. The journey from the airport to the hotel took me through streets teeming ...

Hope this works
Apr 9, 2003

Quick entry... This is a new entry so I can send a notification to everyone. The proper post is below this one in the list but everything went pear-shaped before I could send it off. I think the only thing I'm missing at the moment is broadband.

…da Gambella ad Addis Abeba…
Aug 22, 2009

... e lungo il tragitto abbiamo osservato come la città fuori dai nostri finestrini é avanti anni luce rispetto alla nostra amata Pugnido. Addis Abeba è una città vera e propria con tanto di negozi, vetrine, insegne luminose, parchi, strade a 3 corsie, vigili e ...

…Addis Abeba così normale e così diversa!
Aug 23, 2009 (1 photos)

Sveglia ore 06.30, colazione con biscotti buonissimi e S. Messa alle ore 08.00 tenuta in aramaico ma con un rito di tipo orientale. E' una funzione molto strana e diversa da quelle alle quali siamo abituati ed è ricca di gesti particolari e di preghiere ...

Africa Mushrooms, PLC
Feb 7, 2008 (15 photos)

We found Dr. Dawit Abate early at his office on the campus of Addis Ababa University. After giving him some books and cultures of maitake and reishi, we set out for the biology lab. He told us he would have the maitake growing on agar media before we leave ...

I am pestilence
May 29, 2003

... confused. I've taken my malaria medicine today and am consequently feeling a bit spaced out. I'm back in Addis Ababa after my 2 week jaunt to Western Ethiopia. Back to the city of time warp days where you leave the hotel at 9am with nothing to do and ...

volunteering at Hope
Mar 18, 2006 (7 photos)

We've arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Here we'll be spending a month to help at Hope Enterprises, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the poor through relief and education. We worked with Hope last year for a couple weeks and were very ...

Sabbath Bible Study
Apr 12, 2008 (3 photos)

... for 8 years and is very well versed in the Bible and can explain our doctrines well. However, the traditional religion of Ethiopia colors his understanding and application of them somewhat. It will be interesting to see if God is calling him as time goes ...

What goes down must come up
Jun 6, 2008 (2 photos)

... dessert, divine! And another bonus, there was no yelling or banging at night. Just Matt sleeptalking. Start: Wanza Hotel, Addis Ababa, ETH. End: Wanza Hotel, Addis Ababa, ETH. Distance Traveled: 0 km Road Conditions: - Temperature: pleasant