Hotel Ghion Addis Ababa

... after a marathon two day multi-flight journey.  My tour company met me at the airport and took me to the Ghion Hotel, a walled compound in the city with beautiful gardens.  Somewhat outdated but still quite comfortable.  Slept and read for ...

we needed some extra room for three peple so we moved to the ghion.  nice gardens,

We landed at Addis Ababa international at about 8.30pm after some 24hours straight in the air or air terminals, to put it mildly we were gutted. But the great thing was that we knew that Heather had arranged an airport to hotel transfer. We walked out ...

... Lake to take some photos before the truck left.  Saw a really nice saddle-billed stork beside the lake. Drove to Addis Ababa, the capital, having lunch prior to reaching the city outskirts.  Passed through the towns of Ziway and Debre Zeyit.  ...

... explosés! Je change 100 euros contre plus de 1300 birrs et je repasse les rayons X pour enfin être pour de bon à... Addis Abeba! Sur le parking de l'aéroport des locaux "tentent de nous aider", nous passons au travers, puis savourons un second ...