Vic Falls 2011

The end of our journey

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May 1st 2011
Hi everyone, Well, this will be our last blog for this trip. We are sitting in a hotel in Addis Ababa and the rains have finally caught up with us. Since our last blog, we visited Victoria Falls in Zambia. We booked into a lovely hostel and chilled out for a few days to recover from the safari. However, we did go and see the falls each day while from Livingstone. Record rainfall upstream meant th ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region

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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