http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Ethiopia , Addis Ababa Region , Addis Ababa en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:01 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:01 +0000 After the nice times in Metu we made our way by a long but exciting bus ride lots of singing and clapping to Tepi a small town in the middle of a jungle.The highlights of Tepi where we spent one night were the realization that we were in the jungle it rained lots but people still called it 39the dry season39 and that meant there were some big bugs. I woke up in the morning and flipp http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-774918.html Making it back to Addis meant a few interesting things had to happen first.Of course I had to have one last annoying adventure in Bahir Dar before leaving. This one included a prostitute who decided to follow me for a few hundred meters after I said goodbye to all my friends from National Grocery. Of course what made it worse this time was that some guy I believe he didn39t know her he just http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-768011.html I had an Ethiopian dance party last night. I went out and enjoyed lots of different local bars and clubs. I was quite the attraction I only kind of ran into one other white guy but he had his entourage of prostitutes keeping him busy at what was more of a brothel than bar I just kind of turned around and left.I met up with a friend I use to work with and had some coffee. She works at the UN n http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-762712.html I made it to Addis AbabaAfter two nights on an airplane and 2 hours of sleep the night before my first airplane I was exhausted.Fortunately Ethiopia is very famous for Coffee which ended up being one of three things that kept me awake for a fun and full day.Immediately I noticed there are a number of things about Ethiopia that struck me as very different than anywhere else I have been in Afri http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-762414.html 10th Nov 12 Lalibela to Addis Ababa It was a morning flight back to Addis with the usual drink and a bun and soon we were back on a bus in heavy traffic after having seen one of our group off at the airport. Then there were more goodbyes as another two people were dropped off at their hotel and once we reached the Ghion again it was our turn to say our goodbyes. It was quite sad to be leaving t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-758150.html Back again and we have safely arrive in Addis Ababa. Things have slowed down quite a lot for us since the rushing around of Egypt and we haven39t achieved a great deal since we last blogged.We arrived early morning and got visas etc fine after being betrayed by 5 cashpoints we finally got a wad of Ethiopian Birr in our hands and got some emergency sleep at the hotel. Suffered a bit from cultur http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-753299.html Do you think you39re several one who loves to be able to stick out in the masses Plenty of you such as to be sure which whenever we get away from the property we all glimpse the most beneficial that him and i possibly can. Certainly which means several circumstances to different people nonetheless it will signify placing concept in addition to hard work in to virtually any clothing for you to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-741123.html 09.03All this has occurred at the worst possible time for the Communist leadership as it prepares for what wassupposed to be a seamlessly orchestrated transfer of power to a new president premier and ruling cadrelater this year.MBT Shoes Instead the events of 2012 have made accounts of an allcapable and problemfree Chinawhich were so common just before and after the triumphant 2008 Beijing O http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-740729.html Its been a month almost two actually since I returned from Ethiopia and I39ve been avoiding writing a final entry as much as possible. I think I realized why I didn39t want to write it this also reflects my lack of a closure from my Italy blog...I don39t really want to accept that this wonderful amazing experience I just had is over. I39m not in Ethiopia anymore I don39t get t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-737831.html I39ve been in Ethiopia for a little over a week now so I guess it39s time to finally add something to the blog. Hopefully I39ll get better at updating on a regular basis but needed some time to get my bearings and adjust to life on the road.My arrival in Addis Ababa was fortunately uneventful and I met Karen and got to her house here in the city pretty easily. She is living with 5 other http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-726811.html Selamnachu This week I want to tell you a little about what typically goes on daily at Onesimus. Everyday is truly an adventure even though we do have a schedule you never know what is going to happen. The majority of my time at Onesimus is spent with the dropin center boys the boys who are still sleeping on the streets at nighttime but come to the center Monday through Friday from about 8am http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-719466.html In total I had spent about 10 days in Addis although half of this time I had spent being sick the other taking a break from travelling altogether. Addis certainly isnt a city over endowed with tourist attractions or things to do. It does have a certain character which Im not sure whether I really liked or not.On the one hand the city is fairly filthy particularly the area around the Me http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-715373.html After leaving Harar which had us waking up at the ridiculous time of 3 a.m. but not actually going until 4 a.m. we arrived back in Addis Ababa about 10 hours later. I was looking forward to spending the weekend back in Addis but unfortunately I spent it being sick and didn39t end up doing a whole lot.As soon as I felt better I decided to go out to visit the Wenchi Crater Lake. I took a min http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-715303.html Selamnachu yallI have a new name to add to the list of alternatives the boys at the dropin center call me Alyska I think this one might be the most creative yet. The boy who solely refers to me by this name finally corrected my pronunciation of his name this week just a little one letter difference. I found it wholly entertaining as it would be futile for me to even attempt to correct the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-711311.html We were up before 6 o39clock to get the bus out of Lalibela but unfortunately this wasn39t early enough. We were hoping to get to Addis Ababa in one day and this wasn39t a good start. We had to get a Land Cruiser to take us to Gashena which meant we ended up catching the public bus. We got on this bus which was to take us to Dessie. Unfortunately there was a problem with the bus and i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-705538.html Selamnachu Its now week three almost four of living in Addis Ababa and every day I learn something new. I started my first Amharic tutoring session this week so I will hopefully be able to communicate a little more with the kids at Onesimus and Ethiopians in general very soon. Amharic has its own alphabet which I know very little about but it looks immensely complicated. Ive found it is the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-703261.html The new dash 8 q400 enters the addis valley. This is a small aircraft to spend three and a half sleeping hours on but I feel good. I have two seats to myself and imike the American doctor is down the cabin. The turboprops is inbound from Zanzibar. The names Zanzibar and Addis Ababa trip easily off the tongue but to those of us who live here the reality is not quite so romantic. We fly bet http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-698972.html Selam Greetings from Addis Ababa Its been six years since my year in Italy and now I39m back again with another blog For those of you who followed my blog before a lot has happened since then so heres a brief update After finishing high school I started college at UNCAsheville. I studied abroad for a semester in Brazil and another semester in France. I still managed to graduate in 4 http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-697906.html Our time in Addis got off to a rough start with a delay in our flight from Lalibella which caused our luggage to be put on the next flight I spent about 45 minutes in that stressedout state that frequent travellers know well Watching fellow passengers gradually pick up their luggage and leave until you are the last one then watching the empty carousel go round and round before finally coming http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-695770.html They held her down chained her up and pored holy water over her naked body. Screaming and shouting she violently reacted showing the devil in her eyes. In fear of the priest and talking backwards a demonic voice emerges. You begin to feel a powerful presence sending shockwaves to your core. Standing amidst the Christian underworld you witness an ancient tradition few outsiders have seen before. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa-Region/Addis-Ababa/blog-680599.html