View from Menagesha Forest

Escaping Addis

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November 29th 2008
One of the many nice things about living in Addis Ababa is how easy it is to get out to the surrounding countryside, which is especially easy when invited to go camping for the weekend by someone with access to a car. Two hours after leaving home, having circumnavigated Addis on the ring road and driven out through Sebeta, we were driving up a rough track into Menagesha Forest. The first bit o ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Oromia Region

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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