Bekele Mola Hotel Arba Minch

... km?) on the unsealed road - with only one breakdown and one other stop when we bought warm boiled potatoes for breakfast from some people offering them at the side of the road. Eventually we reached Shashemene again and this time turned south to a place called Wondo Genet where there were hot springs. And - joy! - a swimming pool! After the chill of the Sanetti Plateau there was nothing more wonderful than luxuriating ...

... will kill you. Mais on est en ethiopie avec un taux de criminalite des plus bas (il est interdit de se promener avec un couteau par exemple) et de nombreux policiers ( c est ca l influence communiste).<br><br>Sinon, j ai visite de petit village perche dans les montagnes...Mon guide avait deja visite ce coin avec un touriste qui avait achete un ane pour porter les bagages et faire ainsi de la randonnee en toute tranquilite.<br>

We headed down to visit the Konso people on our last full day down South - a pagan society, known for its effective agricultural methods. Though many of the Konso traditions still live on today, a better road and, thus, much greater contact with people outside the tribe has resulted in the Konso losing much of their traditional dress and body adornment over the last 10 years. We started our day with an incredible sunrise and breakfast (unfortunately, no bula fir fir ...

After a deeee-licious breakfast of our new favorite food - bula fir fir (false banana plant paste with berbere spices - it's only found in the South, home of the enset plant, and it takes over 40 minutes just to ground the leaves), we focused on the natural world during our second day down South. We first hiked in the forest in Nechisar National Park and then headed onto Lake Chamo - one of the great Rift Valley Lakes - where scores ...

I would like to dedicate this blog entry to the memory of Joe Cotey who dedicated his 35+ year career to the students of Harper High School. Anyone that worked with him knew how passionate he was to the teaching profession and to educating his students on the life skills necessary to be successful in life. He was not only my colleague, but my mentor and friend. I will miss you tremendously Joe. I just returned from probably the most ...

... pass up such opportunities, and my expressed interest was returned with a sizeable piece. More than I cared for to be honest, but I ate it anyways. Its warmth (due to the fact that it was happily grazing in the field 5 minutes ago) was the first sensation. The true flavour of the animal came through. This was the freshest raw goat I have ever consumed. When meat is stewed it can be difficult to distinguish between the subtle differences between beef, sheep and goat. When ...

Packed up camp and began working our way back towards Addis Ababa. As we drive towards Weyto we stop to visit the Arbore tribe. The Arbore use lots of silver to adorn themselves.Often this includes fairly amusing items --- such as half of a man's link watchband hanging down the middle of someone's forehead. The visit if fiarly pleasant as they don't take themselves or our interactions too seriously. They playfully tease their members who ...

... the people carrying loads on their backs and herding their cattle and sheep down the middle of the road so progress is slow. At times it looks like those photos of refugees crowding the roads escaping from a war zone. Somewhere along here as we slowed down to pass through a flock of sheep a boy on the side of the road chucked a stick fashioned into a spear through Irina's open window striking her in the forehead. Illias stopped the Land Cruiser and threw it into reverse. The boy was ...

Arba Minch to Jinka (via Konso and Weyto) Drove about 3 hours around the south coast of Lake Chamoh to Konso where we took a tea break at a hotel. It was about the muddiest town I've ever seen (maybe a time of year thing?). We didn't really visit the town other than the rest stop. Konso women wear a long skirt with matching fringe tied around the waist. Saw women with the most enormous loads of wood on their backs. As we ...

======================================= === 3 October 2005 Day 1 of 10 Addis Ababa to Arba Minch ======================================= === 10am departure and headed south. About 1-2 hours south of town city life gives way to rural life. Crops growing, cows, donkey carts, goats. 2-3 hrs out of town the good paved road ends; some houses here are made of mud brick as opposed to cement block in the city, Lunch ...