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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... [read more]
Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... [read more] Blog: Nearly half-way done
Date: February 15th 2008
So far on our journey we have visited 17 countries over 172 days and have taken approximately 11,000 photos (now who wants to see our slide show when we get back!). We have 188 days to go and several more countries to visit. We would like to say thanks to everyone who has been following along and all the nice comments we've received. We're actually quite surprised at the number of people who ... read more
Date: February 15th 2008
So far on our journey we have visited 17 countries over 172 days and have taken approximately 11,000 photos (now who wants to see our slide show when we get back!). We have 188 days to go and several more countries to visit. We would like to say thanks to everyone who has been following along and all the nice comments we've received. We're actually quite surprised at the number of people who ... read more
