Hippos

Seeing hippos was the easy part!

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November 5th 2007
It was a real “I’m in Africa!” moment - seeing hippos on Lake Awasa again. Hannah and I had travelled down to Awasa on Friday, with the thought of pizza sustaining us on the bus journey to Shashemene. We met up with Anita (from Adama), Nick and Paul (from Awasa). On Saturday we did those chores that cannot be done in Robe (getting photos printed, keys copied and buying essential items suc ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Southern Nations Region » Awasa

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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