Airport

Early morning

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December 6th 2005
The early mornings bring distant sounds of dogs barking, people swimming (at 5am), chanting prayers, bells ringing and the smell of a wood smoke that hovers over the city. I concede that I brought too little candy for the children. There's too many of them. They love posing for pictures and they to talk to people. I do regret not bringing my video camera, but the tendency is just push record ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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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 (wh... ... read more