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Bogged to the Axles
South of Addis the terrain became more familiar. Mountains had now given way to the quintessential rolling plains, grass and thorn trees. This signified our return to the rift valley. The highway in this part of Ethiopia was fully sealed and progress was good, hampered only by the frequent animal crossings.
By lunch time we had reached Lake Abijata, one of a pair that make up The Abijata-Shala National Park. Despite being side by side, these two lakes ...
Sly visit!
... were scattered in my back pack after returning home).
Well, what else? I bought five big fish from Lake Hawassa with everything that goes with it, and a bucket of margarine from Remia Den Dolder (gives a bit at home feeling). The Ethiopian inflation has grown significantly, life becomes expensive (though, a good pizza in a restaurant is still almost 2 euro). Mosquitoes fly at 1750m altitude apparently not, so I stop taking ...
Fun run for Unicef
... blue t-shirts and jogging pants we start at 9 am with the 7km run, and it’s already hot … We run along the lake side, cross the street and the roundabout, cooling down under the fountain, get little sacks of drinking water, and finally we reach the finish. Beers afterwards tasted more than good.
The next week is a short work week. Thursday May 12th is International Labour Day, another public holiday, and because I am part of the Ethiopian public, I can also ...
Bear and the Birds of Awasa
Arriving in Awasa our bags have doubled in weight and are soaked right through and the streets have turned to rivers. We end up staying at a pretty nice hotel, but have to completely empty our bags and hang everything up where ever we can to try dry our stuff out. The rain, thunder and lightening continues into the night, not the weather we had ...
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... donkeys and wooden carts. Still many people use the old fashion way and treat their horses and donkeys very badly. These very thin, unhealthy looking and often wounded animals don’t get enough food and drinks, and get beaten while pulling heavy carts. I hear that there is a NGO in Hawassa that comes up for horses and donkeys rights! I wish these animals will get a better life!
Since two weeks I have a brand new bicycle, got it ...
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