You you! PHOTO one birr - or the southern Ethiopia experience

Africa » Ethiopia » Southern Nations Region
September 18th 2008

Published: October 12th 2008

tribes The main reason to go down south in Ethiopia (switch of your dirty mind, no pun intended) is to see the various local tribes. This should be accompanied by wish to get shaken and stirred in a Land Cruiser for hours on end on bad roads. It is a long drive down but very worth it. The first tribe we saw were the Hamer people. They are subsistence farmers and are quite happy living like its 1... Read Full Entry

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Coffee ceremony

Coffee is extremely important to Ethiopian and they have a special coffee ceremony which involves a lot of time and coffee drinking

Blacksmith

Market

Check out the lip plate

Mursi man

Mursi men and AK47

Carrying a machinegun around is nothing extraordinary here.

Mursi village

Another breakdown

Child labor

Kids start “helping” here from a very early age

woman and child

Mursi village

Dorse Hut

When build up to 12 meters high and they last for over 80 years. Every 5 years termites get the better of the base and the hut is shortened and leveled again

Hyena and me

21st October 2008

Jason Ealey
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Great writing and pics!
Hi guys! hi Kellie! Jason from CareerOne here. LOVING the writing and the pics. Its all completely fascinating! Jason

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