Addis Ababa Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The total plane ride from SFO to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia took around 18+ hours. Okay...so after being stuck on the plane for that long I was really tired and very anxious to get off. Even before I got off the plane I felt the love for the country. As soon as we landed everyone on the plane clapped and was saying "eee lil lil lil" sorta like Middle...

Hi all! We are back in Addis now, having arrived from Lalibela this afternoon. It was a truly amazing place, and to do it justice I will need to make a proper blog update - however, it has taken me a while to reply to some of my emails and I'm afraid the net caff is about to close, therefore I will do the proper update tomorrow. Essentially, how...

I lose seven hours today. Seven hours ahead - is ethiopia. Still flying, I had the complimentary red wine, hoping it would help me relax into the flight. It didn't. The first four or five hours I found my legs twitching. My only saving grace was the presence of my seat mate, a young university student from Utah - who was on his way to teach busi...

I've arrived dog-tired in Addis after 30 hours in planes in airports.

This is going to be a long one so I may have to split it up. I'm also going to dedicate a post to the Ethiopian bus system after this one. Its just that unique!! So, to start at the beginning... We left Addis Ababa early on the morning of the 11th. In the Toyota Landcruiser was Alicia and Arnold, an American couple driving from England to Cape T...