Green Hotel Negele

... and there is a crack right across the windscreen on the driver's side. The driver, Eo, is amiable and speaks not one word of anything except Amharic (the language of some of Ethiopia). <br><br>My companions are: (1) Pieter, a 49 year old Dutchman who is on a lengthy trip without using aeroplanes from his home in the Netherlands. He left in April and has been through the "Stans" of Central Asia, Iran, Jordan ...

C est une ville que j aime bien donc petit arret d une journee sur mon chemin vers nairobi. Et hop de nouveau du poisson cru au petit dej. <br><br>Ils font aussi de bon jus de fruit, patisserie,la cuisine italienne et c est une ville propette et agreable.<br>

Voici une ville qui ne possede pas d attraction phenomenale. Seulement une hotellerie de qualite (pour 5 euros vous avez une chambre avec doucge,WC propre et TV), des boulangeries-patisserie, des gens sympas ainsi qu un charmant lac avec des oiseaux et des roseaux. <br><br>Il y a un petit marche au poisson ou on peut deguster le poisson preparer de la plus simple des facons c est a dire tout cru avec une galette de mais et du piment.<br><br>Resultat 2 jours de repos a Awassa<br>

... to grab something quick to eat. Kaldi's is a chain in Addis with a striking resemblance to our own coffee mega-chain - apparently, after realizing that she couldn't open a franchise in Ethiopia, the Starbucks-lover opened her own store, using similar logo, decor, ordering options, aprons, etc. (There are also very familiar-looking "Gobil" gas stations in Ethiopia, and a "7-11" store, also unrelated to the chain.) We then started our 4-hour trip down ...

... much drier and, as we descended into the Rift Valley, the temperature soared and the atmosphere became more humid. On arriving in Adama there was a camel in the centre of town! The usual beggars flocked to us and we noticed our very senior official companion reached into his pocket for coins - so we did too. There are no pensions nor free hospital treatment for most people in Ethiopia and the elderly, blind and those maimed in ...

Shashamane...I was really excited to come here to see the 'Rasta' community. I didn't have that great of an experience though. After paying money to get in, and also donating money, my 'guide' which was a little boy in the community asked me to give him my mp3 player and also asked money from me for showing me around. I offered the money I had in pocket, which wasn't ...

... Det særlige ved Wend genet er en varm kilde, der både leverer vand til hotellet og til en slags badanstalt. Efter en lang dag i bil var det skønt at hoppe i det varme vand. Men også her kan man kun undre sig over den ringe udnyttelse af en naturlig kilde. Til gengæld gav de slentrende hvide turister landsbyens unger noget at snakke om. Især hende med kameraet hvor man kan se sig selv.

... tent (housing 4) collapsed around us under the weight of the night's snowfall. On day 4, he started to notice the signs of altitude sickness. On day 5, he was forced to walk for 7.5 hours in a vain attempt to make an early return to the park lodge, but fell 2 hours short due to collective exhausion. At this stage, it is worth noting that Mrs R experienced most of this too - except the altitude sickness. But, in ...

Hey there everybody.  We are now in Ethiopia, with sore bums after our northern Kenyan journey.  The worst roads in Africa yet! But this is going to be brief.  Internet is wickedly expensive in Ethiopia, and Mr R has much more important things to be doing. Like reading the match report of Carlisle's 4-2 win at the weekend. After covering loads of ground in the last week (it seems ...