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Tue, 29 May 2012 | By eriklang | Views [572]
Ah, Ethiopia…So much to abhor, but much more to adore. I'll have to review my previous entries, because I might have said this about each country I’ve visited thus far, but Ethiopia really has been my favorite destination of them all. ... Read more >
Fri, 25 May 2012 | By eriklang | Views [404]
Leaving Axum after more time than I really needed there, I struck up a conversation with four Americans on my flight to Gondar, a town of around a quarter-million that was also a great dynastic capital and now serves as the gateway to the Simien Mountains ... Read more >
Tue, 15 May 2012 | By eriklang | Views [449]
If Varanasi, India was the most exotic destination I have ever visited, it has now been trumped by Axum, Ethiopia. I wanted to see "real" Africa, and that's exactly what I got…limited or no access to almost every resource, abject poverty, clouds ... Read more >
Mon, 14 May 2012 | By klnjaa | Views [884]
This past Thursday was
sports day as well as my birthday. I was nervous to see how the sports day
would turn out. I have learned with weeks of planning and meetings that things
never go quite as planned. I tried to be as organized ... Read more >
Mon, 14 May 2012 | By klnjaa | Views [794]
In IT the power has been
working really well! We have had six computers that have worked for the full
three hours that we have been in the class. It’s awesome. A miracle really.
Only a couple times in the past month has the power ... Read more >
Fri, 11 May 2012 | By eriklang | Views [362]
Boarding the Bombardier 400 Turboprop in Addis, I was surrounded by tourists, all of us cramming into the tiny craft to see the same thing, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. For the first time in 8 weeks, I happened to come across a fellow state-mate, ... Read more >
Tue, 8 May 2012 | By eriklang | Views [385]
Just over a century ago, Empress Taitu asked her husband, Menelik II for a house beyond the walls of his mountain fortress in a verdant valley with natural hot springs and a comfortable climate. She called this abode "Addis Ababa", meaning, “New ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By klnjaa | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 7 Apr 2012 | By listentoyourheart | Views [2812]
It was ten years back. I was with my daddy when he took me to were his parents live which is at the country side. When he first told me about the travel I was so eager to see my grandparents as I haven't seen them before. We begun journey on a beautiful ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Apr 2012 | By lottignon | Views [581]
How do you write a travel blog? It’s a bit of a mystery for
us, but maybe it’s easiest to first describe this new world that we’ve
travelled to, and the position that the three of us have made here.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, greeted us with armed ... Read more >
Sun, 1 Apr 2012 | By shaz | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 1 Apr 2012 | By shaz | Views [1176]
Did you know that in Ethiopia it is the year 2004 now? I didn’t when I visited this wonderful country. Most people think Ethiopia is a Muslim country but it’s not. Only 40% of the population is Muslim. The most interesting part of Ethiopia ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 | By klnjaa | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 26 Mar 2012 | By klnjaa | Views [2056]
Harbu Chulule is
awesome. I really am enjoying our stay in the town! I have come to the
conclusion from my time living in Ethiopia that Ethiopians are the nicest
people in the world… hands down! They become even nicer as soon as you attempt
to speak ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By legendzezu | Photo Gallery
Living dangerously with the hyenas...knowing that especially spotted hyenas like this, kill as much as 95% of the food they eat, and have been known to drive off leopards or lionesses from their kills......But in Ethiopia , Hara for that matter I took ...
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