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Travel Blogs from Awassa, Ethiopia
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When it rains, it pours
This is a top pick! ... sky was dramatic after the storm. We were joined by the girls for a while - we chatted about our respective views and experiences of Ethiopia, as well as where we were going next. They left us to observe the matron-like lady who seems to run the ...
Madman at the market
This is a top pick! ... problem, the bus tickets were - we were told just to rack up tomorrow morning early - and the internet is off all over Ethiopia apparently. We also checked out the market, which turned out to be very good, all muddy and authentic. We could have bought ...
An Important Day of Nothing
... shower. Oh well, we just went to sleep. Uneventful perhaps, but a completely and utterly satisfying day. Start: Adenium Campsite, Awassa, ETH. End: Adenium Campsite, Awassa, ETH. Distance Traveled: 0 km Road Conditions: - Temperature: hot ...
Awassa
... neighbors until the bus filled. We exited downtown, creeped through the squalor and rolled into the arid plans of southern Ethiopia. We decided to stop in Awassa so that we could have a break from the long days of travel that lay behind and ahead of ...
Day 15 - Awassa
... getting worried. V unlikely to be able to get a new clutch anywhere for 4,000km. Was getting worse too. Rolled into Awassa (Awasa) trying not to stop at all but stalled it at an intersection and had to push it to the side of the road in ...
"Highland, give me Highland!"
... in Ethiopia? That is the question that has plagued my mind these days. I wonder if it isn't the after effects of Ethiopia's unfortunate 1984-1985 famine where thousands of aid workers flooded the country and handed out food rations like candy cane at ...
Awassa Break
... ended up with some strawberries. The next few days, we have just been relaxing. This weekend is a holiday because it is when Ethiopia celebrates Easter. Since people have been fasting (no meat) for 55 days, today begins the meat fest! We are going to ...
The Green Desert
... already seen 3 years ago and instead of the swallow, Robert could now add another new species (Shelley's Starling) to his Ethiopia list. The road from Moyale to Yabello is tarmac and runs through beautiful scenery, acacia woodland with hundreds of tall ...
Lake Side
... expanse of wide, paved roads. The town looks very modern, even compared to much of Addis Ababa. Awassa is also one of the smallest of Ethiopia's Rift Valley lakes. Many Ethiopians vacation here, as with the other lakes in the region. An afternoon ...
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