Ghion Hotel Addis Ababa

... year old Ethiopian fixer called Lalo who approached us in the street. Lalo, who always wears a woolly scarf in Ethiopian colours (red, yellow, green) notwithstanding the heat, has been incredibly useful and is eager to continue with his usefulness to me, principally because he would like me to sponsor him (i.e. hand out fistfuls of dollars) in the future. He has not actually asked for this but it is ...

... drive to Jinka for overnight. Overnight at Jinka Resort or Orit Hote or Similar. <br><br>Day 6, FIR, 20 NOV: Drive from Jinka to Mago. In the morning, visit the Mursi village. Lunch will be served on the way in lunch boxes. In the afternoon, have some rest at Mago National Park, and then late in the afternoon, make a game drive in the park. Then drive back to Jinka. Overnight at Jinka Resort or Orit ...

... by unbelievable dancers. Very fun! Tuesday morning, back to Gedam Sefer. Today was health workshop day and we talked about nutrition, activity, and hygiene and did a craft project. The kids asked such great questions and we had lots of fun making more crafts! They are so full of energy and are super creative-- they love singing and making up dramas. This afternoon, we left on our long and exciting trip to Assosa.

... at the panoramic Garden View restaurant managed by Lance, an African American originally from S.E. Missouri. Addis Ababa is a very nice place to visit. The people make it special with their jovial ways and outgoing personalities. The population does not think of themselves as either African, nor Arab. Rather lighter skinned Jewish decendents due to the visit of the Queen of Sheba with Solomon (she came back P ...

... even a love seat and an en suite bath with its own water heater, still we are only paying 100 birr, which is the same as we paid for the small dark windowless cell we were given the first night back. The management does not set the price based on any estimate of the quality of the rooms, but they are all fairly clean with en suite bath. February 5, 2008 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia We made a big change of plans today. We are not flying to Nairobi after all. We are following Paul Theroux's ...

... top of whatever our bank is charging. January 24, 2008 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia This morning we went to the Kenyan Embassy to apply for visas. Traveling by local buses and trucks from Khartoum to Addis was hard and during the most miserable part when our spirits were the lowest we cheered ourselves up by agreeing to fly from Addis to Nairobi. From what we'd heard from other travelers and from Paul Theroux's description it sounded like that leg would be the ...