Vidas buying watch

Packaging, eco-footprints, and bookeeping

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December 23rd 2008
(Ruta writing) Travel makes you rethink little details in life and the collective effects of our daily habits. One of the changes in lifestyle here is how you buy items. I wrote earlier of the little shops and outdoor marketplaces. For us (and 95% of the other Ethiopians here without a car) we are inherently limited in how much we buy because we need to carry it all home ourselves or squish onto a ... 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