Sheraton Addis Ababa

... from the hotel to downtown Kigali was an enthusiastic Barack Obama supporter with bumper stickers all over his cab.  We flew to Addis Ababa in the late afternoon.  The flights were late, but uneventful.  We arrived in Addis after sunset and ...

... , we flew (nuts to the buses, we earned this flight) to Addis and our most anticipated luxury of the trip - the Addis Ababa Sheraton. This hotel is said to be the nicest in Africa, and it is pretty ridiculous. We were here on Starwood Points living ...

Addis Ababa is a pretty gritty city to begin with. That image is not improved by arriving at 3am and the taxi cruises (literally cruises, as the car has no gas pedal) through the absolute worst streets available. Prostitutes are the order of the day and ...

... was undone and he wouldn't let her go until she tied it. It is nice to feel safe and have people worry and care about you. Addis Ababa is a strange city. I haven't really figured it out yet. It's very different from the other places I've been. There is a ...

We spent the day touring Addis.  We visit the national museum, a church, the markato and had dinner at a fun Ethiopian restaurant.  The national museum contained "Lucy" and some interesting historical and anthropological exhibits.  The ...

David and I returned to Addis Ababa yesterday and have spent more time walking around the city, plus we went to the National Museum where we saw Lucy, our short little ancestor, along with some other neat fossils and Ethiopian art.  Tomorrow we will ...

Day 1: We wasted most of the day sleeping. Our luggage never made it out of Chicago. I carried on enough to get me by. Eventually we made it out, took a walk up the hill past the presidential palace. Several folks tried to get us to hire them as a guide, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...