Adot-Tina Hotel Addis Ababa

... here. This, despite the many negative stories we have heard of other travellers.<br><br>To be sure, children will often beg for bier (the local currency&#8230;on our first day, I thought there was a very serious alcoholic-child-abuse situation prevalent here) and shout &#8216;you, you, you&#8217;. I guess this is one of the few words in English that they know. Coming from SA, we just replied, with &#8216;jo, jo, jo&#8217; (the equivalent, of &#8216;hey, how you doing&#8217;) waved ...

... hands all around and said goodbye, then went out to Samuel who was waiting to take me to the hotel and then the airport. Back at the Bloom, I settled the bill, had a quick goat brochette (a Rwandan delicacy and specialty&#8230;), and put my bags in the taxi for the short drive. <br><br>Formalities at the airport went quickly. I had about a 90 minutes wait in the lounge before boarding for Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines. I ...

... Airways nonstop to London Heathrow, and nothing like the typical midnight ride to SE Asia where you check in four hours in advance, queuing out the door behind people with refrigerators and washing machines. The check-in guy even had a British accent, with clipped replies, dry humor, and the whole nine yards of rugby scrum, as he explained to me that the flight would be slightly delayed. But we finally got off and I got ...

... flights and a possible trip to the South, but discov**ed the building was demolished. (We'd soon learn that much of the information contained in the Lonely Planet was out of date and Ethiopia Lesson #2: Things Can Change Ov**night - Always Ask Someone for the Latest Info.) We then made our way to the Hilton - knowing that it had one of the few ATMs in Addis and anoth** travel agency (we subsequently ref**red to the Hilton as "the beacon"). For some reason, we seemed to be ...

The road from Awassa to Addis is in good condition. We averaged maybe 60, which is good in a speed-governed car. 80 being the max, in kph. Coffee in de Bekele Molla at Lake Langano, foor good times sake. We lived in Ethiopia before and that hotel was a reasonable option for R & R. Then we had good fruit juices and a meal in Mojo, before setting off north again towards Addis. One then joins the ...

... Expressions like these make me incredibly nervous. Inflated American sense of self-importance aside, the American president's potential for real impact in the internal governance of African nations like Ethiopia is extremely limited.  Diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions can only go so far, as evidenced forcefully in the case of Zimbabwe, for example.  Moreover, the limited success that was achieved diplomatically in Zimbabwe ...

... Leading up to our arrival in-country, we heard U.S. officials talk about Ethiopia in the context of "historical friendship" and "a key ally", and we grasped vaguely some of the political reasons behind our assignment. As we were briefed on our PEPFAR-directed goals and objectives, we began to understand the programmatic and policy issues that would shape our service. And a recently published Internet news article supposedly revealing a lack of "skilled volunteers ...

... tribes--a journey of over 2500 kilometers. & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; nbsp; & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; nbsp; The first 500 kilometers was on relatively good roads eg asphalt, or graded gravel ...

... Having read about the spitting Ethiopians, Arvid knew instantly what had happened and immediately spun around to his right swinging the sack, containing a one liter bottle of Captain Morgan Black, he had in his right hand just missing the old man's head as he ducked. People on the sidewalk stood back to see what was going to happen next. Irina had stopped when she saw the spitting and was between Arvid and the crazed man who was now staring at her as if he would spit on her ...

... just sad as LP guidebook says that they have heavenly ice cream there! Then we decided to walk a bit more to see the Holy Trinity Cathedral. It was a bit tricky to find but still a nice place. After that, we took a minibus back to Axum Hotel as our host's place is within walking distance from there. We couldn't find our host's place. It was quite different to remember the place in the morning and then went back at night. We walked around for a while but stull couldn't find it so ...