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It is too early to make any real judgments about Debremarkos. Our experience so far has been a series of vignettes that do not yet form a coherent anthology. Here, though, are a few of those vignettes: As we search for housing for KB along with our supervisors, we meet Tirssaw, or "tooth man" as it translates to English. The name is impossible to forget once you see him, as his front four teeth protrude nearly perpendicularly from his gray gums, with enough space between them to drive an Ethi...
Debre Markos, Ethiopia christen.smith... s times, 3000BC. The Axumite kingdom was massive and hugely influential, rivalling that of Rome and even Egypt. Lalibela and its 11 rock-hews churches was just breathtaking. Imagine a huge piece of granite rock. Then imagine a beautiful church. Ok, Lalibela’s churches are a series of really, really big granite rocks that have been carved out to create beautiful churches. The churches are carved out of solid rock, complete with wonderfully decorated ceilings, pillars and in some ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia manic-trip... That was the time the authorities temporarily lost my passport – not a reassuring experience.
As we came in to Addis, the sun was setting and there were some very dark storm-clouds in the sky. As the pilot zigzagged around them, there were striking tableaus of dark blue sky edged by pitch-black clouds. It was beautiful but also ominous-looking: not entirely natural. In spite of that, we didn’t have any ...
... jamais été très compta (hein Françoise ?), la rigueur me saoule (hein Maman ?) et j'ai tendance à envisager chaque rapport avec le même enthousiasme que la rédaction de sixième sur ma dernière destination de vacances, celle que je repoussais jusqu'au dernier moment tellement ça me saoulait.
Je passe des journées passionnantes à identifier les factures listées pour tel ou tel donneur, histoire de les photocopier, les certifier et les envoyer au siège.
Je g ...
... d'Entoto, où on découvre que la logistique de la noce se prévoit non pas 1 an et demi avant comme chez nous mais avec 48 bonnes heures d'avance. Ce qui donne un générateur en panne, des potes qui ne dorment pas la nuit pour tout acheter et une jeune dame qui finit en torche vivante. Mais bon au bilan, même s'il fait 2, on passe quand même une pure soirée autour du feu (ah les bonnes vieux tubes éthiopiens qui vont nous manquer), on dort dans ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia asalvaire... much back and forth (I felt pretty horrible about accepting their off**) I relented aft** they wouldn't take "no" for an answ**. So Lydia arrived as planned in the wee hours, at which point between bouts of laught** I explained that all the luggage in the room wasn't mine but some guy named Phil's who had graciously given us his room and who would just be back at around 7:30 am to change his clothes. In fact we w**e sup** lucky since a Kenyan woman had come in right ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia donna321... fuit devant l'avancée des islamistes qui dominent le sud ouest du pays. Nous voilà donc censés préparer en 48 h une proposition et un budget de 1.5M€ pour fournir eau, assainissement et hygiène à un camp de 25.000 personnes. C'est l'occasion de tester les chers circuits et modèles établis pendant des années au siège ... Et dans ce rush, les doutes politiques sur la pertinence de l'intervention, Internet nous plante. Alors Addis, ce n'est pas non plus ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia asalvaire... modique somme de 300 euros...Tout est bien qui finit bien, seul problème, tout cela arrivera dans une semaine et je n'ai aucune idée de l'endroit où se trouvent mes culottes à l'heure actuelle... A l'aéroport de Francfort, je me dis que ça y est, je suis au pied du mur. D'un côté, comme chaque fois que je suis seule dans un aéroport et prête pour un long voyage, je suis fière de cette autonomie et de cette débrouillardise. La campagnarde que je suis est ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia asalvaire... piece of British engineering, she has done us proud. Later that day at Beline's flat we viewed Ricks photos of the trip. It seems like months ago that we set off. Beline then showed us some images on a powerpoint from the project, showing the living conditions with some facts and figures of how much it costs to feed a person there. The figure of 10 birr for 3 meals stuck in my head. We then went out for a celebratory meal and spent 10 times this each. I really don't know how ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia spooky388... menacing sea of blue camouflage and brandished clubs. So the energy, noise, and mania diverted itself outside the stadium and spread out over the city, and we were swept up in it. All the way back to our hotel, we waved the little paper Ethiopian flags we had pilfered from deserted seats in the stadium, and sang along with Amharic chants that we at least mostly understood. People sometimes ask me why I like sports. I think one of the most interesting things ...
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