Hola! (English here and Español abajo) Well, I’ve been back from East Arica for about two months now, so it’s about time I jetted off again…! Since I’ve been back I’ve done some work producing newsletters back at the community organisation I've been working for in North Wales, had an ace trip with Harry to Paris and Madrid (where we watched the first leg of Liverpool’s Champions League tie against Real), attended a fantastic University reunion in a cottage we hired just near my house, had my Mexican mate Gregorio over to visit, and g [View Full Entry]

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Some vids from the traditional Hamer coming of age ceremony I went to near Lala [View Full Entry]

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Some vids from the traditional Hamer coming of age ceremony I went to near Lala [View Full Entry]

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Some photos from my time in the Omo Valley with the Dasanech and Hamer Tribes, including a Hamer 'Coming of Age' Bull-jumping ceremony up in a village in the hills near Dimeka [View Full Entry]

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Hi all! This is just a brief blog about Rwanda to bring my East African account to a close! I am actually back in sunny Shropshire, UK, at the moment, gearing up for my year of work in Human Rights in Mexico. I set off April 20th. I hope to keep the blog going out there! One thing I've decided to do in future is to list my location as the most appropriate for the blog I'm writing. ie. I am not in Rwanda at the moment but have listed my location as Rwanda as that is where I'm writing about, [View Full Entry]

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More to come! [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Kigali! We've been in Rwanda a few days now and are finding it an absolutely beautiful country. However, I wanted to post a quick entry about our time in Uganda, and then I'll post a better one about Rwanda when I'm back home next week! Our first journey in Uganda was one of my favourites of the trip. It set the standard in terms of drives through Ugandan countryside, as our surrounds seemed immediately more lush, more overgrown and a deep green contrasting the red soil. There were banana trees everywhere, and the roads were home to far [View Full Entry]

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Hello! Long time no speak! I am now in Kampala, Uganda, having arrived from Kenya just over a week ago. Uni friends Alex and Suzie have been traveling with me since December 28th, though Alex flew off to Ghana yesterday leaving me and Suzie with a few more weeks to explore Uganda and Rwanda. I get home February 15th! Kenya was great, and whilst I didn't feel as though I really got 'under the skin' of the country as much as I had in Ethiopia, I had a lot of fun. After a very hot and sweaty Christmas in Mombasa, it [View Full Entry]

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Merry Christmas! Hi all, I just wanted to quickly wish all my friends and family a very Happy Christmas and a cracking 2009! You're a great bunch and I'll certainly be thinking of you all today here in Mombasa. Lot's of Love, Ben [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Nairobi! Well I made it to Kenya! But not before a couple of fabulous weeks in the South of Ethiopia… My time in and around the Lower Omo Valley was nothing short of incredible, and certainly my best of the trip so far. My time in Ethiopia was fascinating in general, but if I was going to return to the country then I’d head straight down to the South. The sheer number of different ethnic/tribal groups in such a relatively small space is breathtaking. I made my way around the region for 5 days in a hired vehicle with [View Full Entry]

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