Ethiopia Travel Blogs

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Addis Ababa - New FlowerHello everyone once more, Well I'm back to my blog, I have decided that you probably need some reassurance that I haven't yet been eaten by lions or trampled by Elephants.......I'm saving that for my trips to Kenya, but that's a Posted by nicolastod in A Kiwi flying in Africa | Mar 27, 2011
The First WeeksOkay, it is now just over a week since I arrived, and I am sitting here trying to get the net to work so I can Skype the family back home, but TIA (This is Africa) and no matter how Posted by BenCarboon in Ethiopia... | Feb 19, 2011
Has someone been playing with the colours on my camera?We were allowed a warm breezy lie in while the car was rescued from the desert but we still had another packed day ahead to visit the very lowest point of the depression. The depression used to be covered by sea Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Feb 13, 2011
Interim NormalcyOne of my favourite things about traveling abroad, beyond the tourist headlines, are the little experiences of the everyday – post offices, banks, supermarkets – those times when you find out how life really works in this country. Not Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Feb 13, 2011
One man (a host of Angels) and his chiselToday a bus driver probably saved us from a lynching. On the early bus between Gondar and Lalibela we were woken by the bus going up slightly on two wheels and veering off toward the edge of the road Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Feb 10, 2011
Eight days on top of EthiopiaI love to hike, but I don’t think my body does. I can’t predict the future but I think by body can. Every time we have been about to embark on a long trek I have been struck Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Feb 8, 2011
Well I'm Here!Hello to all my loved ones, incredible friends and strange stalkers who like looking at other people’s blogs This is my first blog, some may say it's very late due to the fact I have already been in Ethiopia for nearly Posted by nicolastod in A Kiwi flying in Africa | Feb 1, 2011
The most important thing is the human beingI'm generalising of course, and we have been here over a period of special religious activity, but I think it's safe to say that Ethiopia is country with a deep seated religious faith. Be that their own unique branch Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Jan 26, 2011
Christmas mark 2 (and a journey)Whereas Malawi is red, Uganda is green, Ethiopia is yellow. We are back in the land of the 5.30am bus journey. Yeuch. But the advantage of such an early start at least is being able to watch the sunrise Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Jan 23, 2011
New Year New CountryAddis Ababa is one of those of those satisfying-to-say places - like Ougadougou and almost anywhere in australia. It always seems a shame to shorten it to Addis as everyone seems to do. When we drove from the airport we Posted by rachndave in Adventure Points | Jan 23, 2011
Just call me Milton...Have you ever seen the movie ‘Office Space’? If you haven’t please take the time to borrow/rent it and watch it before reading this blog…don’t worry I’ll wait…I’ve got plenty of time. So, I was talking with a friend the Posted by Gail B in A day in the life | Oct 5, 2010
Redefining the F wordFail n 1 : a fall short of performing a duty or expected action 2: a state of inability to perform a normal function 3: lack of success 4: Omission; nonperformance Failure n Posted by Gail B in A day in the life | Aug 19, 2010
Just a moment in timeI’m caught between joy and disappointment as I see the white sticker adorned mini-bus arrive in the distance. It’s 5 pm in Nekemte and logically I should be scrambling for any vehicle traveling in the western direction but seeing as Posted by Gail B in A day in the life | Aug 19, 2010
It's only two years... Sometime in the first few months I was living in Arjo I programmed my cell phone to display ‘It’s only two years…’ when I turned it on. I am constantly having to turn the phone on an off, e Posted by Gail B in A day in the life | Aug 19, 2010
Arba Minch – Protecting Our Rights As Tourists“Yes, I'm rich! And I don't mind paying more at a restaurant than everyone else here. Please bill me as much as you want!” No, I didn't say that. And I never will. At Soma, a fancy seafood restaurant in Arba Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Aug 16, 2010
Lower Omo Valley – A Different Standard of BeautySome like blondes, some like brunettes, some like skinny and some like curvy. And some like girls with a big ceramic plate inserted in their lip. In the Lower Omo Valley in Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Aug 16, 2010
Cheeky MonkeysOur last few nights in Ethiopia were spent at 2 of the Rift Valley lakes. Our first stop was Lake Lugano. Unfortunately the place we planned to camp was closed down and the other place was too nice Posted by ctravelbug in escape to africa | Jul 22, 2010
Harar – Now we're talking dirty“Faranjo, money!” is probably the phrase you will hear most when visiting Harar. It means “Foreigner, money!” And it seems everyone wants something from you. Harar is one of the most sacred Muslim cities in the world. But you'd be Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Jul 19, 2010
Lalibela's Rock-Hewn Churches Made by AngelsImagine walking across a hill, and suddenly noticing a huge church in a crevice below you. Not a small church. Not a church constructed by wood, bricks or cement. But a church dug and carved straight out of the mountain. Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Jul 19, 2010
Lalibela – Rock-Hewn Churches and Dirty Poor Children“We're lucky, it's raining today! It's the third day in a row it has rained. We are thankful to God!” Mikael's attitude to the rain differed drastically from ours. We prefer sunshine and heat on our travels. But being in Northern Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Jul 19, 2010
Hanging in Addis Ababa“It's Christmas 1984. There are seven million people starving in one country. Doesn't that make you think?” That was the intro on the B-side of Band Aid's “Feed the World” single. Together with Bob Geldof, the reporters of the world Posted by Kristi D in African Dreams | Jul 19, 2010
Experiencing Ethiopia… sort of…..Well we’re in Addis Ababa but I can’t say that I feel like we’re in Ethiopia. I am currently writing this blog from the “Relaxation Room” at the Hilton Hotel in Addis! We’re definitely not staying here ($400 Posted by ctravelbug in escape to africa | Jul 6, 2010
Ethiopia - my new home!Wow we haven’t updated in a while! Well we made it to Ethiopia and we’re absolutely loving it! Rain, 50 cent beers – couldn’t be better! The drive was amazing, the change from the desert of Sudan to the Posted by ctravelbug in escape to africa | Jul 2, 2010
Ethiopia Again‘Ferench! Ferench!’ The cry is a familiar one to me. I’ve never been the type to stand out in a crowd but since I stepped off the plane in Addis International Airport seven months ago I have been visible wherever I Posted by rosiescott in Not About My Gap Year | Jun 21, 2010
My very first (proper) journeyContinuing on from yesterday. Now for what I have been told by my parents, and frankly, they should be ashamed of themselves. Not for the decision to leave jobs and mortgage in Nottingham, to move to very recently famine-stricken and Posted by rosiescott in Not About My Gap Year | Jun 17, 2010

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