Album 9
(16 May to 15 July 1997)
The first thing that happened to me in Ethiopia is that a guy gave me
a ride from the airport and bought me a cappuccino. Cool!
The second thing that happened to me is that I got ripped off during an
"Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony" which traditionally is a hospitable
greeting for guests but ended up costing me $20! Not-so-cool!
After that lesson, I was more cautious and discovered that
most of the people were wonderful (or perhaps curious).
I wondered around Addis Ababa
and saw some interesting stuff - like this "Da Vinci" that the Ethiopians
are keeping safe until the Italians return some artifacts they stole...
The city is boring (and dangerous), so I went north.
to the stone-cut churches at Lailbella
the "falls that smoke"
(notice how dirty the tourists are vs. the locals!)
and saw some lovely people.
Then I crossed into Eritrea, a different place, with
different culture.
(Nakfa)
(Karen)
After that, I caught a flight to Yemen, or
"Felix" (Happy)
Arabia. Man - what a country!
Exotic villages,
(photo by Mike Lien)
cool kids,
photogenic people,
in the desert,
by the sea,
and in the towns.
That was just a sample. I could post many weird-o-fantabulous pix.
Sorry - it's that time again. Back to Africa and just 17 to go!
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