New Year

September 9th 2008
Today is Ethiopian New Years Eve, it’s a beautiful clear warm sunny day. Like Easter you can hear the bleating of the sheep everywhere and the crow of the cockerels, the birds are singing, it really is a lovely day. We have decided to celebrate New Years Eve as we would in the UK, so we’re holding a party for all our friends here in Assosa tonight. Many people travel home to be with their fa ... read more

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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

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Al Mercer & Sara Hassen

Al and Sara

Hi - this is Al & Sara's blog! We are 2 VSO volunteers working in Assosa, Beneshangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia for 2 years from Feb 2008 to 2010. Don't try to find us on the map, 'cos we don't appear. We are proud to announce a grand total of 0 entries in the Lonely Planet - Ethiopia & Eritrea and um, 0 entries in the Bradt guide. In fact as an "emerging region" within Ethiopia our area is pretty anonymous both internally and (clearly) internationally. With the mud strip airport being relaid with tarmac we had a 2 day 4x4 journey here from Addis. That said, Assosa is a regional capital, has a p... full info

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