Addis Ababa

sophietyro — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:20:00 GMT

Argh!! The writing in Addis was all wiped. bugger.

Internet access is a little limited. When we arrived we were supposed to be meeting the family of a kid that was in my class this year. Not to be I'm afraid. Nobody was there waiting for us so had to quickly make a plan B! Ended up staying at a hotel by the airport that actually wasn't half bad. $50 a night. My standard of hotel is going to drop a bit when dad leaves, so am enjoying the hot water while it lasts! In Addis Ababa we mainly did a bit of admin stuff: booking flights, changing money... useful, but not too exciting.

We did hire a driver with a taxi for the day: $30 to enjoy the comforts of a soviet era Lada. It was great, this guy drove us around (often in circles) to our hearts content. We checked out the UN regional hq for africa and saw this amazing stained glass window (one of the biggest in the world). Also went to visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral where Haile Selassie sits in a big granite mausoleum.

We ended the day drinking beer overlooking the Piazza (a lot nicer sounding than it really is!) talking to a guy that works for an Irish NGO.

Hopefully, this post actually goes through cause I'm not writing it again!!

4 days and counting

sophietyro — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:28:00 GMT

It's no secret that planning is not my forte. Planning for a trip to Ethiopia should be fun and exciting, but instead it is proving to be a bit stressful. It seems that the way to do it is to meet up with others to share costs on things like 4x4s and guides and such. But since everyone is pretty independant and doing their own thing, organising to meet up with others is starting to make me feel like I am sacrificing some of my own independence.

So, in true traveller fashion, I am just going to work it out as I go along. Put it out to the universe. That kind of thing.

Gone Walkabout

Addis Ababa

4 days and counting