"You don’t have injera in your country!? What do you eat?"

Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region
May 16th 2015

Published: May 16th 2015

"Please rural Ethiopian family in the middle of nowhere, can I empty most of the water from your well in the name of research though I can't guarantee the water will come back and no rains are expected for a month or so?" "Why certainly foreign person; do what you must with all that baffling equipment. In fact, you sit there on the only chair we have while my family and I haul up buckets for an h... Read Full Entry

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David Walker

Donny

When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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Taking the cows to the river

This was the hottest driest time of year - as you can see it's a bit parched.

Barbers and a Bajaj

Asked for directions and ended up at a barbers shop where they spoke a bit of English. They shut the shop, called their mate who had a bajaj (tuk-tuk/auto-rickshaw) and all came with me for a few hours

Getting some assistance sampling a well

River Gauge

Had to hire a mule and cart to bring all the materials about 8 km from town so we could build this. A local bloke measures the river depth for us twice a day. It's all about calibrating models.

Blue Nile Gorge

On the ten-hour bus journey from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar.

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa

Missable.

17th May 2015

Carolyn Taylor
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Amen to that!
Loved your comments about what the NGO's see as poor- usually meaning few material goods vs. the richness of the family and community. I have traveled mostly in Central and So Am. and find the same is true. I admire your research and especially liked the pictures of your 'follower's. Very sweet. Thanks for an informative entertaining blog. Carolyn but I write as 'gunga'

17th May 2015

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Fascinating...
It's great to have a job that is both meaningful and allows you to be among such wonderful people.

22nd May 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Touching the people
You are indeed off the beaten track and you are touching the people and they are giving back all the things we travelers dream of. You have ended up where you need to be and doing what you need to do. Keep these fantastic blogs coming.

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