Gorillas 2

The holiday before our trip..

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November 10th 2006
This is our first blog entry - all going well you'll all receive an email update! We are back in London after just under 2 weeks in Africa. From the outset - I think it's fair to say that Africa is one of our favourite continents so it should be little surprise that we chose to squeeze is one last quick trip before we head back to NZ. The basic outline of our trip was to head to Ethiopia 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