Lewi Hotel & Resort Awasa
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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!
... then for days it doesn't rain at all and temperature is nice.
Life ripples peacefully. In the evenings and weekends I watch films, go to town, do my shopping, or I visit my colleague Guesh occasionally and his family or we have lunch in town. Sometimes I meet other VSO volunteers in town for brunch or dinner, or for a nice hike. Too bad, the majority of Hawassa volunteers shall go home at the end of July or first week August. ...
Fun run for Unicef
... Two weeks later, a long Easter weekend: in Ethiopia Good Friday is a public holiday, Easter has only one day. Some VSO volunteers in other parts of the country come to spend their bank holiday in Hawassa, some of them stay over at my place.
We wake up at 6:00 am and go to town for breakfast, we proceed to the lake at the other end of town for some bird watching and a nice walk to my favorite spot: Shebele terrace; a quiet natural looking terrace, lake view, birds and ...
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 ...
Hi everyone!
... a walk along the lake. This place is beautiful, with a stunning view, local fishermen, small boats, and a variety of birds. We sit down at another natural looking terrace and drink a cold Dashen beer, watching bold monkeys unexpectedly trying to steal some of your belongings. Next door is Lewi hotel (a chain of four in Hawassa) which doesn’t look as nice as ’our’ natural terrace, and… the view is the same, the beer as well ...
