Africa Pension Asmara

Les italiens en avaient ramener un chez eux mais ils ont du le rendre, il s agit des obelisque de la civilisation axumite. Pouvant faire un metre de hauteur et non scultpte, les plus spectaculaire font 24m de hauteur avec des sculpture.<br><br>Il s agit la un des sites les plus spectaculaires d ethiopie, on se promene ...

... have actually been used by the Queen, it's still used by locals to collect water and for Timkat celebrations - in addition to Dungur Palace (also known as "Queen of Sheba's palace"), which also post-dates the 10th century BC Queen by hundreds of years. Continuing on our whirlwind tour of Aksum (good thing all of the sites are in fairly close proximity), we then went to St. Mary of Zion Church, conveniently located across from the Northern Stelae field. Though we ...

... not so impressive. 5/3: Avi's birthday - congratulations &amp; kisses 8:00 - I took a public minibus to Adwa, 25km, 2.5nis, unpaved way. They do open the windows in (this) minibus. Very nice view: huge Cactuses. Adwa (famouse for the Italian defeat there on 1896): all road are under constaction (dust everywhere), lot of local people-nobody speaks English. I said "Yeha" and immediately they found a private minibus for me. No wander: I paid for the ...

... but here are some impressions: The scenery is spectacular and the 380 km gravel road that passes through northern Tigrey via Sokota, and Abi Aday is actually shorter than the more popular route via Adigrat. We passed through mountains and deep gorges that looked like the Grand Canyon and then suddenly we were back in the dry acacia scrubland reminiscent of northern Kenya. Between Sekota and Abergele there are hundreds of ancient Baobabs, more than we have seen anywhere else ...

Med Axum er vi nået tilbage til Etiopiens første hovedstad. Her finder vi en pedant til Jellingestenene. Der er også ruinerne af hvad nogle mener er Dronningen af Saba's palads. Den arkæologiske viden peger dog nok nærmere mod en rigmands villa. Dronningen af Saba anses som moderen til den etiopiske kongeslægt. Med Kong Salomon fik hun sønnen Menelik, der i 300-tallet bragte kristendommen til Etiopien. I perioden med Axum som hovedstad ...

Pretty similar to the last airport, but with a few more interesting tidbits. Grant gave an American Dollar as a tip to someone who helped with our bags (you have to work very hard NOT to get help whether you want it or not) so as not to use up our Birr before getting to another bank. I watched this guy and a friend inspect the money for a good long time. Later, after we had checked in, he came up to Grant with an English speaking friend asking for another ...

... their digs. I don't know if we were a day early, or just right. 3 months of digging gives them enough material to catalog and clean for the rest of the year! Our guide was actually injured and unable to work anymore after a tunnel collapsed on him during a dig. The first tunnel we went through, was lit with handmade candles which added to the atmosphere. Our guide had an affinity for taking photographs ...

... we have spoken to a couple of people here who talk about the wealth being a show and that there is a lot of poverty and people are trying any way they can to flee the country). In general the hotels are of a good quality and so we are very comfortable here. We have tried the local dish ( 6 out of 9 nights) of Ingera, shiro and mixed vege. Ingero is a large pancake made of maize? and Shiro is a sauce that is placed on it and you eat with your right hand. so it is all a ...

... is that I managed to have a picture taken with my musical idol, Oliv** Mutukudzi (Zimbabwean artist) and I absolutely fawned to my hearts' content. I watched his conc**t and I could gush unabated, howev** I shall spare you - it's a good thing Rockie was th**e to restrain me because I may have become a 'Tuku' groupie nev** to be seen again. How's that for care** enhancement! I was home for three nights in which I managed to change my hairstyle ...

... smiling Eritreans crowd the coffe shops and the older male crowd find hole in the wall bars. Though after a few days here, some realities become apparent. Not the poverty of the rest of Africa but of politics and war and a heavy handed government. I somehow suspect that thoe womn in blue shawls who spend all day keeping the streets spotless are there by choice. The city is set around wide Italian streets and a downtown dotted with interesting ...