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We headed down to visit the Konso people on our last full day down South - a pagan society, known for its effective agricultural methods. Though many of the Konso traditions still live on today, a better road and, thus, much greater contact with people outside the tribe has resulted in the Konso losing much of their traditional dress and body ad...

Our camp for the next two days is at a hotel in the hills overlooking a massive lake. Mountains rise above us and Maribu storks fill the air. It was another beautiful drive in; unfortunately I was asleep for a lot of it. I managed to let a small family of ants into my tent which thankfully didn't bite, but kept me up nonetheless. I also took it ...

I would like to dedicate this blog entry to the memory of Joe Cotey who dedicated his 35+ year career to the students of Harper High School. Anyone that worked with him knew how passionate he was to the teaching profession and to educating his students on the life skills necessary to be successful in life. He was not only my colleague, but my me...

Packed up camp and began working our way back towards Addis Ababa. As we drive towards Weyto we stop to visit the Arbore tribe. The Arbore use lots of silver to adorn themselves.Often this includes fairly amusing items --- such as half of a man's link watchband hanging down the middle of someone's forehead. The visit if fiarly pleasant as they d...

Crocidiles are amazing and these fellah's are one of the largest in the world? Simply amazing to see and have them swim coming right at you in your boat.

Yesterday we left early in the morning on our drive South. Six of us packed into the Toyota Landrover 4x4 that we had hired - me, Yann, Kevin, Shanni (the Israeli girl, whose name I have since learned), our guide, Wagu, and our driver. Although I had really enjoyed my stay in Addis, it was great to leave the suburbs and see rolling hills, rural ...

Click on the following link to read about our trip to Nechisar National Park. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Day the Seventeenth - in which we initiate a town-wide manhunt, and I stupidly go off on my own with a man I just met. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Up early but no sign of taxi until 5.30am. Glad we didn't pay the extra the guy at reception asked for. At the s...