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Fri, 28 Jun 2013 | By damjan | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Hi,
since I was a child I always became restless watching documentaries about foreign countries. As I grew up I started to travel and visit countries and people a only saw on TV. But after every travel that restless spirit in me was getting bigger and ...
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Thu, 27 Jun 2013 | By scriptamanent | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1982. I graduated in Politics in Milan and then in creative writing in Turin, at the Scuola Holden. I speak English, French and some German. I love motorbikes and Swiss army knives. I shoot with a Slr, a rangefinder (Olympus ...
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Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By eriklang | Views [448] | Scholarship Entry
In Ethiopia, mastering how to tear off the right amount of communal injera and propel the morsels into your mouth without tasting your berbere-stained fingers scores big points. The contrast of my guide Gitachew’s smile against the shadowy gojo bet served ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By scriptamanent | Views [380] | Scholarship Entry
You meet girls at the market of Lalibela. You want to go there on Saturdays; they wait all week, they dress well and walk around that irregular space amongst spices, logs, cereals and fabrics. All the boys know it and go there to buy lemons as an excuse.... Read more >
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Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [5192]
It's coming down to my last few days in Ethiopia. This journey has been as frustrating as it's been rewarding, and I want to end it on a good note. These past couple of days I've been in Wondo Genet staying with a CSer named Dawit. He's so tall you'd ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Hot springs and Ethiopia's most reliable hot showers
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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1340]
When I got on the bus to Awasa earlier I noticed the side pocket on my pack was open, the strap had been cut, and my Nintendo 3DS was gone! It wasn't until I thought of a minibus ride earlier:
I got on a minibus to Bole and the front seat was vacant.... Read more >
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1242] | Comments [1]
Crossing back into Ethiopia from Somaliland yesterday, it marked the start of an epic, tumultuous, spectacular, and nerve-testing journey. When I crossed the border back into Ethiopia I was relieved (semi-relieved would be slightly more accurate), as ... Read more >
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1644]
Last night I had a dream that I somehow forgot to go to Turkey, and was sad because I didn't check off my sixth continent. Anyways, today would be a big day of narrow alleyways, colourful buildings, old Peugeots, and feeding hyenas. After a few cups ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1376]
On the road again. This time to Harar in Ethiopia's eastern frontier. I've had at least three days where I've spent the entire day on a bus and several more in which I've had a good part of the day with my butt glued to a bus seat. Buses, at least in ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Old Peugeots chug along in the medina: Havana meets Marrakech
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Mon, 4 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1078]
On my travels I've met, written about, and photographed hundreds of ladies. On this trip alone, in the Simiens I met Anne from France, and in Maychew I met Lizzie from the US. And on my various travels I've met girls from dozens of countries on six continents! ... Read more >
Sun, 3 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1494]
After sleeping just a few hours after that wild and crazy bus ride yesterday, today I was ready for another adventure in the "Addis Fracas." I'm thankful to be alive after last night; Ethiopia has more road deaths per vehicle than any other country. ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1057]
It was still pitch-black out and my headache had all but subsided. Yesterday the whole left side of my head hurt so bad I was incapacitated and I thought I had malaria. Unlike most other Ethiopian towns, Lalibela is astonishingly quiet when it's dark ... Read more >
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