The official outfit
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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 (w... [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 (w... [read more] Blog: Great Assosa Run
Date: April 3rd 2009
So we came back from England feeling pretty lardy, with a few extra pounds from the Christmas celebrations. On our way back from Addis Ababa Al and I sat up front in the car and it was a tight squeeze I can tell you, I was almost sitting on the drivers lap, to say nothing of Al sitting on mine for the 14 hour journey home. We came back with good intentions of getting back into a regular fitnes ... read more
Date: April 3rd 2009
So we came back from England feeling pretty lardy, with a few extra pounds from the Christmas celebrations. On our way back from Addis Ababa Al and I sat up front in the car and it was a tight squeeze I can tell you, I was almost sitting on the drivers lap, to say nothing of Al sitting on mine for the 14 hour journey home. We came back with good intentions of getting back into a regular fitnes ... read more
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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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