Global Hotel Addis Ababa

... della Madonna e aspettavano l&#8217;arrivo del sacerdote. Al nostro arrivo hanno vestito quest&#8217;uomo e lo hanno sistemato su un materasso all&#8217;esterno all&#8217;ombra di un albero e abbiamo iniziato la cerimonia in inglese tradotta poi in nuer.<br><br>Quest&#8217;uomo era già battezzato dalla Chiesa Protestante e nel giro di mezz&#8217;ora Abba Tomas gli ha riconosciuto il battesimo anche come Chiesa Cattolica, lo ha confessato, gli ha fatto la ...

... wi-fi. Though it originates here, the Italians took it to a high art, and the antique espresso machines prove it. So do the words 'macchiato' and 'cappuccino' in the local vocabulary. The best coffee comes from old fashion machines with four-barrel carburetors. Ethiopians eat it with popcorn traditionally, and incense too, a more distant legacy I guess. But I don't like to have to watch my back, so I'll reserve judgment until I ...

... a few hours passed since we finished our night meal in the plane. We entered a shop and invited Sessey as well to a cup of Cappuccino. In Ethiopia, by the way, Cappuccino is cocoa. I didn't notice any clue for coffee beans, in the country known for being the famous exporter of the best Arabica coffee in the world. Our next stop was Ethiopian National Museum in the city centre. We paid the entrance fee (1$), and a local guide accompanied us although ...

... give us a game. I dragged out a Weymouth FC strip and a Dorchester FC strip to use. My dream of a Weymouth v Dorchester local derby under African skies was finally going to take place. I just couldn't believe that the location and the weather seemed so non African. A grassy pitch with grey skies. The altitude here is about 8,000 feet, around 2,500 metres. I may have lost some weight, but also I haven't had a chance to do any fitness training for ages. It ...

... a hotel suggested by amy (our couch surfing mate) as its too late to get to hers, but the hotel has n room, so we find another one, pass out and woke up at mid-day today completly dissorientated! and here we are! ethiopia is completly different tyo anywhere else ive been, so really interesting to see, but glad we arnt here long, ready to get back now and do something other than bum about looking at things! sorry such a long entry, hope some of ti was entertaining!

... name which will be kept as a middle name, but Noah is what he will be called as a first name in Canada. At the transition house we're pleased to see that everything is clean and looks nice, and there are TONS of fun workers with the children. This is a society of people who truly love their children :) Right now there are 89 children at the Transition House - and they have all bee adopted. There are also orphanages that they work ...

... in about 10 kilos worth of laundry to be done but everyone here charges washing by the item, so I'm not looking forward to the final bill. Still, we can't leave it too much longer or else something fungus-like will certainly start to multiply in our sturdy yellow bucket, which is so over-stuffed that we've had to start using our big plastic bags, aka: bio-hazard. So we are using Addis as a temporary base to get our ...

... are very friendly and often wave to the passing "farangi"(foreigners). Both men and women might be slugging away building a highway in the scorching sun and yet they will wave and smile. The younger kids will often dance(combination of break dancing and ...

29 January 2008 (Tuesday) The Can-Go Afar Team split in three today: the first team, what is now come to be known as the "Business Team", set off at 5:30am for Bure, a town 250km by rough road north to the Eritrean border. Team 2, what we call the" Water Filter Team", continued the filter manufacturing and training with our local implementing partners. A new Team 3 remained in Sick Bay, with a variety of vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. Business ...

Hi there, Here is a more detailed account of the last week or so .... After returning to Gonder with Shoofy and Omer, we made arrangements for our onward travel to Lalibela. The road between the two places is unsealed and very, very long, so the bus journey must needs span two days. The buses, old Ivacos or Fiats, are always packed, and pong rather or whatever the passangers are taking with them - often goat fat, live animals and so on! The first day comprised 14 hours ...