Hah-Hoo-Hee-Hah-Hey-Heurr-Ho! March 9th 2009 Hah-Hoo-Hee-hah-Hey-Heurr-Ho!
We are both learning to read and write Amharic.
Why?
Well, our attempts at learning to speak Amharic hit a bit of a dead end. We generally understand the gist of other people's conversation but we can't string sentences together to hold a proper conversation ourselves. Our vocabulary goes up slowly but it tends to be pointing and naming things rather than structu ... read more
Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa 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
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