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Flight from Abyssinia
... gymnastics to perform. Wherever they were from, everyone I asked described themselves as Ethiopian first and something regional second. The Ethiopians are a beautiful and a kind people who live a precarious existence in a beautiful but harsh land. They love children! They don't like to beg. They do like to sell. There is poverty in town and country, and what wealth there is, is inevitably concentrated in the cities. The disparities ...
The start of our adventure in Addis Ababa Ethiopia
The trip to Addis Ababa (The capital of Ethiopia) was pretty tame, unlike our usual travel horrors. The only stitch was a 2 hour wait to be checked in for our flight through Ethiopia Airlines. Apparently they still haven't ironed out the wrinkles with regards to when customers buy their tickets online. I guess most people who book through them buy their tickets the paper way? Who knew!
We arrived in Addis early in the morning on Sunday. We were greeted ...
Staying in Holland in the middle of Addis...
... The little café had a brilliant set up with the history of coffee written on the walls and coffee beans built into the tables. The machine was a proper old school Italian one the smell was enough to promptly order an espresso. And it was DELICIOUS. I would definitely be back here everyday for as long as we are here.
Back at camp the boys were still at it and I was informed it was going to take quite a ...
Working and learning in Addis Ababa
... be able to talk for free all the way across the planet using VOIP programs. Such communication used to be extremely expensive.
Tonight I’ll have one more dinner here before an early night to prepare for the marathon day that will start again tomorrow. The few days spent here have been productive, educative and interesting. I now have several ideas that I hope will be useful in our future editorial work.
If all goes as planned my next update will be from ...
Worst airport in the world by far
... everywhere. There just is no other place to sit.
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