- "'the cars attack each other" Driving in Addis is an adventure sport.
Watching cars, trucks, motorbikes and buses weave in and out of traffic is just as entertaining as watching mum tense and exclaim as buses cut Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Nov 25, 2011
- Battered & Bruised but in one piece(pics to come tomorrow having issues with wireless)
WE ARE IN ETHIOPIA!! We are actually in the same country as our daughter & it's both overwhelming & ridiculously euphoric at the same time.
After a connecting flight from Dubai at Posted by GayeWhitson in Operation Rabia | Nov 25, 2011
- The four of us....Our first family photo
The girls...
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- Tsegamariam and Horizon House
Tsegamariam is just gorgeous. She smiles easily and has a great laugh that at first confusingly sounds like she’s about to cry. She can say ‘mum mum mum’ and ‘dad dad dad’ and I’m work Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 27, 2011
- 4.28 am in AddisSunrise this morning from our room at the Hannan Guest House
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/426892/large_P1018179. Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 26, 2011
- the highs and lows
I almost let the joy of officially being recognized as Tsegamaria Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 24, 2011
- Judgement Day
With Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 24, 2011
- Finally... meet TsegamariamWithin hours of landing in Africa we’ve called the fabulous Bitsay (taxi driver) and we’re on our way to meet Tsegamariam at Horizon House.
Baby Room Two is small and there’s a Nanny, an American couple and five babies Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 24, 2011
- There’s a donkey outside my window Our first view of Ethiopia
Waiting patiently as promised at Ethiopia International airport was Anwar, the writer of such great emails and the first of many generous and very welcoming E Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 24, 2011
- Our Tsegamariam
Name: Tsegamariam Posted by venourfam in Meeting Tsega! | Oct 2, 2011
- Ethiopia II - off the beaten trackMy time in Addis was fairly uneventful. Apart from eating large amounts of good food and drinking lots of awesome coffee, I didn’t do that much. Still, it was nice to be able to chill out without needing to do Posted by AlTiffany2 in Alex's Round the World Gap Year | Aug 8, 2011
- First few days in EthiopiaI am finally up to date!
We left very early in the morning and drove to Moyale, the town on the Ethiopian border. It took several hours at the border to get stamped into Ethiopia and, o Posted by AlTiffany2 in Alex's Round the World Gap Year | Jul 26, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa: Washing Off the Dust of the Danakil ===Today we’re up early for our flight back to Addis and then a long journey down to Dar es Salam. This time when we arrived into Addis we knew exactly what to do…walk past the taxi stand and straight Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 20, 2011
- Ethiopia: Danakil Depression: Surreal Sulfur Salt Flats ===We’re driving through the sparkling white salt flats of Northern Ethiopia listening to Hindi music “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” being played on the phone of one of our 4 Ethiopian military armed guards. It is blindingly bright outside so Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 19, 2011
- Ethiopia: Danakil Depression: Volcanic Blisters ===Sleeping on the rim of the volcano was remarkably comfortable but we didn’t know that Ruby needed to set an alarm (she was the only one with a watch). We got up at 5am and loaded the camel. Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 18, 2011
- Ethiopia: Danakil Depression: Nightmares and Dreamscapes===After a small breakfast outside our huts we loaded stuff in the trucks and started driving out of town. Not even a mile out of town the road ends and all you can see are tire tracks into the Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 17, 2011
- Ethiopia: Danakil Depression: I Think We Just Hit a Donkey!===If you read our blog then you know how we like to “cut it close”. So in true Tony and Ruby style we took the first flight from Addis to Makale arriving at 8:30am. At the Makele airport Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 16, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa: Taxing Deadlines ===It’s tax day in the states—thank goodness we’re about 12hrs ahead because Tony’s a major procrastinator and just did his over breakfast on the patio. Afterwards we had to check out the beautiful organic vegetable garden here at Taitu Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 15, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa: Decision Time—FOODIE ALERT ===The world is conspiring against us. . at least that’s what it felt like today when we were trying to coordinate our trip to the Danakil Depression. The toughest issues were: finding travel partners to offset the ridiculous Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 14, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis: Lucy Was Easier to Find Than Gashu! ===Last time Ruby was in Ethiopia she hardly did any of the tourist stuff so we’re both really looking forward to exploring more of Ethiopia together. Normally when Tony’s walking outside alone guys come up to try to sell him Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 13, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa: FOODIE Alert with a Show! ===After a little waiting outside the hotel (we’re on Ethiopia time) Ruby was picked up, in an antique AHOPE ambulance going to the WWO clinic. It’s nothing like the small operation she worked at five years ago. The Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 12, 2011
- Ethiopia:A-hope this Minibus is Going in the Right Direction===We woke up early for tea on the beautiful hotel patio. Ruby planned to visit the “little” AHOPE orphanage around 2 pm today so we’re going to get caught up on errands in the morning. As you know Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 11, 2011
- Ethiopia: Addis Ababa: Please Addis to Your Danakil Tour! ===We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived into Addis around 6am—the visas were only $20 pp instead of the $70 pp that they cost from the consulate in the US!? :) We grabbed our bags and Ruby noticed that Posted by Tony.Ruby in Ruby and Tony - Around the World | Apr 10, 2011
- School LifeI have been volunteering as an Assistant teacher and Technology advisory at One Planet International School for nearly 4 months now, I have to say.....if you ever thought that your teacher was mean or wasn’t that great, I seriously challenge Posted by nicolastod in A Kiwi flying in Africa | Apr 7, 2011
- The ElevatorI remember a few years back there was a social experiment, or maybe it was a comedy sketch, about elevator behavior. A person got into an elevator and faced the back of the elevator instead of towards the door. Essentially Posted by Gail B in A day in the life | Mar 28, 2011