Dimitri Hotel Addis Ababa
Yeka, Kebele 16 - 18, CMC Road, Gurd Shola Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Bessalama, Egypt!
... hopping. But now taxis line the streets with drivers almost begging you to take a ride with them. Horse and camel owners walk beside you giving you suggested prices and describing the quality of their mounts, denying doggedly that the emaciated beasts at their sides are starving. Price wars are waged even if you didn’t show the least bit of interest. We have walked down the street and had taxi drivers cruise along beside us honking and shouting for us to hop inside. One guy ...
Airport in Addis
... Their happiness was contagious.
On the plane we sat next to a young woman coming back from a mission trip. They had been teaching ways of preventing germ transmission to a local tribe in Ethiopia. She was a sweet girl and had some interesting stories about her adventure.
The flight from Addis to Washington D.C will give me a lot of time to think about what I have learned ...
Addis in transit
... time I pretty well was trying to dose. The guy in the window seat was originally from Ethiopia and was going home to surprise his family. He hadn’t been home in 6 years. He told me that his airfare just from Washington to Addis Ababa was $1300 dollars. I am beginning to realize what a wonderful deal we got for this trip.
I guess that my age is catching up with me because after making the 15 hours to Addis Ababa I am sore ...
Pequeno tour turistico y varios
Hoy hemos ido Irene, Cris, Pablo, Eva y Javi a dar un tour todo el dia por unos pueblos al sur de Addis. Hemos visto Adama, una pequena ciudad (bastante bastante fea) y luego hemos ido a ver un par de lagos preciosos que se situan en unos antiguos crateres de volcanes. El trip ha estado muy bien, nos ha venido bien desconectar de la ciudad por un dia, andar en coche con la musica etiope a tope y pensar en todo lo que nos ...
Back in Africa
Ethiopia was an experience. That might be the nicest thing I can say about it. Since I'm writing this after the fact, I'm just going to give you an overview of my three weeks there and then post pictures in the individual city entries.
I had some good experiences, but on the whole I left with a strong distaste for the country. I was hassled and harassed more in Ethiopia than anywhere I've ever been. Only about 3% of the harassment and hassling ...



