Ethiopia Vacations, Ethiopia Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

The next morning I awoke and had nice chats with some volunteers and learned about their awesome experiences.  One was a young Canadian fellow who had been working on water irrigation projects in many different areas...sounded very interesting!  Eventually, I headed out, taking some local minivans to the embassy area of Addis.  I was hoping to get a Somaliland visa for a later trip to that "pseudo-country."   It boggles me that a region with its own democratica...

Yes - that's ME wearing a suit in Africa.   Back in my San Francisco life, I am involved as a “young leader” in an organization called the American Jewish Committee.  This is one of America’s first civil rights groups -  established in 1906 • to promote pluralistic and democratic societies where all minorities are protected. AJC is an international think tank and advocacy organization that attempts to identify trends and problems early - and take action.   ...

Well,  I gotta say, driving in Ethiopia, especially in Addis, is always an adventure, its crazy. But I love it.  When you pull your car out of the driveway, you really dont know if you'll arrive at your destination.  Driving in Addis is a unique experience,  your constantly dodging crazy pepestrians who never look before crossing the street, the cows and donkeys are every where, and the Taxi's...  Dont get me started on the Taxi's.  They ...

We checked in for our flight from Bahir Dar to Addis ... only to be told that the flight had been overbooked.  A large group had checked in first so they were on ... leaving us and a number of locals in the lurch.  We were rebooked onto a later flight in the early afternoon. Even though I hadn't spoken much Arabic in Ethiopia, I suddenly blurted to Marie ... "Mumkin al-taera al-sabah hadith, wa kul al shaks mat!".  That's my broken Arabic for "Maybe the morning plane...