Greetings from Addis Ababa
January 31st 2011 Greetings from the Taitu Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the temperature is well into the 20s and fluffy clouds drift across the sky.
Immediately, this place screams Africa at you. Dust and donkeys; sunshine and heat; very black smiling faces - some in western clothes and others in more colouful local outfits; aid agencies at every turn in shiny 4x4s while the locals pack into dented min
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