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Simiens day 2 – Negotiations  
   

Simiens day 2 – Negotiations

We bought a dozen eggs from these kids in a mountain-top village. They were shrewd little business folks, but their math wasn’t great.
Ethio Trekking

January 25th 2006
Have you ever been somewhere breathtaking? I mean literally. Somewhere that you arrive and your breath is taken by the sight? That happened to me for the first time in the Simien Mountains. The pictures can’t do them justice, but they give you a sense of these mountains that rise up out of northeastern Ethiopia. Really rather indescribable. We had great luck to find an eclectic group of friend ... read more
Africa » Ethiopia

Ethiopian Flag 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
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