Yeha Hotel

... quiet night. We left early and reached Adwa at around 9.30 AM, Axum was only 20 km away so we continued and had breakfast in the Yeha Hotel with a good view of the main Stellae field. By now we were in need of a bit of pampering so we checked into the ...

... money/pens/candy.  It was pretty depressing, and initiated a habit that I kept up for the rest of my trip -- hiding in my hotel room listening to my ipod for an hour or so before dinner.  The peace and quiet was really nice after being the focus ...

... it had a surprisingly elaborate plumbing system. After lunch, I was already tired of the European food offered to most guests by the hotel. I asked if I could have any local food -- the staff (including the manager) loved this, and the chef made a special ...

... Yeh’s parents.  Breakfast sucked.  First time I had lousy food in Italy.  (Expected though, since it’s a hotel breakfast, the same worldwide).  Yeh came by and asked if I wanted to join him for Eliza’s hair and ...

... at the Peppermill, Steak, Salad, Mashed Potatoes, and Mushrooms, man the Mash tasted like cardboard the waitresses in short skirts were nice tho Yeha. Been invited to a few parties, got some freeby stuff, so i'm being limo'd to the MGM today so I'm ...

... to bed early. We finished up between 2/3. Then were up by 0630 (millitary drills). Then with in 2.5hrs on the bus motion sickness(yeha right) kicked in and I had to get the bus to stop, two minutes away from Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich. So I had ...

... groups. Tried to crack a joke about Yeha, something along the lines of 'ride 'em cowboy', don't think the guy from the hotel really understood! The 3 of us headed out to check out the town stopping at the main square for lunch. They introduced my to ...

... nice, rural area. I went down by walking, because I was afraid to fall from the mule (Rita...). 4/3 a FLIGHT TO aKSUM. hOTEL aFRICA ($6.3 a single room with bathroom). We took a tuktuk and saw all the ruins - not so impressive. 5/3: Avi's birthday ...

... drinks for the next day, as we were on our own to explore the Grand Canyon. We then headed for the Best Western Grand canyon Hotel, around 8pm, were we would be spending the next 2 nights.  Was a case of em fight with cold shower, and off to bed. ...

... to make a tour together (125$ in total after bargaining and with the help of the tourist office... a tourist operator at Africa hotel even wanted 85euros each, many times the price written on the lonely planet guide, and after I refused he insulted me, ...

... back in the dark!! I will not say how fast I drove, but it was Johannesburg driving of note!! We eventually got back to the hotel just after midnight, and am about to go to bed! Today I drove for 640 miles (1000km) and took roughly 15 hours in total! ...

... . We were keen to kick on so went along. He was here on frequent flyer miles or something and had this well suave hotel room. It was definitely 5 star with a bathroom bigger than our entire 16 person dorm, probably one of the nicest hotels in Ireland. We ...

... . And gushing rivers with water so clear it looked like they were topped with glass. Arrived at around 09h15 and headed past the hotel and a couple of houses making up the village of Ukanc, to cross a wooden bridge and pick up the path to Slap Savica, or ...

... arrived in Mek'ele in the late afternoon. It is a bustling steel producing city with no historic or tourist value...just a good hotel with a really fancy European style restaurant. We would take advantage of all that later. One note. The road from Axum to ...

... when it rains, oh my god does it rain!  We've had a few storms and the power went out on the whole island but our hotel had a generator so it was all good. Had a huge spider in our room the other night, I nearly died.   Poor Mikey, who ...

... .....luckily I was able to hire one almost identical to mine in a housing so I was set.. We were picked up outside our hotel at 7am by Exmouth Divers and with our seasickness pills inside of us we were fitted out in our gear, Lainey with her snorkeling ...