Ethiopia Stories


Celebrating Timkat and a random diversion to visit some Rastafarians

So I decided to just chill out for my last week in Ethiopia and it turned out to be a good time to be in Addis because it was Timkat (The Epiphany for those of you Christians out there).  I was told that in order to see the celebrations, all I needed to do was head to any of the many churches in town at around 2pm on the first day and I'd be able to fol...


Seeing a different side of Ethiopia in Harar

Deciding that we were too exhausted to endure the two day bus journey from Lalibela back to Addis, we luckily grabbed two last minute tickets on a flight instead.  Considering that we were planning on heading to Harar by bus (10 hours at least) the following day, the extra expense (about $65) was well worth it.  With the few hours I had in Addis that af...


Finally to Lalibela!

I had actually never heard of Lalibela before I decided to come to Ethiopia and didn't actually know what it was until I arrived in the country. All I had heard was that it was amazing and considered by some to be one of the unknown wonders of the world. Its a small isolated village in the mountains where there are a group of beautiful churches carved o...


One of the most incredible places I've ever been - the Danakil Depression!

So there's good news and bad news... The good news is that I just spent four days in one of the most incredible places I've ever been - the Danakil Depression. The bad news is... my camera broke... again. I've now gone through two cameras in eight months of travel... not a very good record. But there's actually one more tidbit of good news. I've been tr...