Sheraton Addis

... I knew what was around me. I got some comfort when I met an Ethiopian woman who lived in the US and on vacation in Addis. Sheraton she said was built by a Saudi billionaire whose mother was Ethiopian and it was his gift to his country (unsure about that). ...

... in das teuerste Hotel der Hauptstadt gehe und daraufhin den Kapitalismus als human wahrnehme. An unserem ersten Tag in Addis Abeba gingen wir in das Sheraton um uns das Gebäude anzusehen und einen Kaffee dort zu trinken. Ich war überrascht dort recht wenig ...

... learning about the archeological discoveries of Ethiopia. Fascinating! After a quick and expensive high tea at the Sheraton Hotel, an oasis of luxury in Addis, we then joined Deratu for dinner at a cultural restaurant where we were treated to a feast ...

... seemed out of place in the impoverished center of the city. Bizunesh asked a reception attendant to show us one of the "Sheraton Villas." The villas are gorgeous three story houses that run at an extortionate $8,000 USD per night. Pardon my French but, ...

... meal, Derege showed us a couple of the buildings he'd worked on (he's a well-respected architect) and then took us to the Sheraton - an oasis of luxury beyond anything you could ever imagine in Addis - owned by a sheikh. We went to the bar there, which ...