Title: An Adventure in Addis (
Ethiopia)
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Ethiopian Street Mate - 25/May/2010 05:26 - 5441 days ago
My colleague has offered to kidnap an Ethiopian husband for me. I have to choose between whether I want a rich one or one with n...
Abey and friends - 18/May/2010 08:21 - 5448 days ago
Each year Abey and his classmates raise money from their fellow pupils and put on a huge feast for the homeless people that live...
One more week to go… - 14/May/2010 06:10 - 5452 days ago
Until the 30th of May Foreign nationals are not allowed to travel around Ethiopia with out the approval of and a stamp from the ...
The daily commute - 13/May/2010 06:10 - 5453 days ago
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Customer service - 06/May/2010 06:37 - 5460 days ago
A traffic policeman approached me when I was waiting to cross the road. I thought that he wanted to tell me off for not using th...
toilets and cctv - 30/Apr/2010 10:20 - 5466 days ago
Breaking news is that the city council have realised that a quarter of Addis’ population do not have access to a toilet. W...
Suspicious deaths - 28/Apr/2010 06:47 - 5468 days ago
The opposition have accused the government of politically motivated murder. There is a dispute as to the causes of the deaths, c...
Do debates matter? - 23/Apr/2010 06:25 - 5473 days ago
They provide relief from the constant shoulder shaking dancing on ETV, but not that much.
The ruling party spoke for what seemed...
thoughts of food - 21/Apr/2010 06:38 - 5475 days ago
When I was little, for a week or two, I believed I only existed because I was in another person’s dream and I was petrifie...
Cars and kissing - 20/Apr/2010 10:39 - 5476 days ago
Last week after the car rolled down the hill because someone had forgotten to put the break on, we sneaked out for a cup of tea...
Why I hate it when it rains in Addis - 15/Apr/2010 06:04 - 5481 days ago
It’s because it is miserable, wet and cold.
It’s because the streets turn into mud, and any road with a slight gradi...
the flies - 09/Apr/2010 06:58 - 5487 days ago
There are posters of flies everywhere.
I’m not sure what I thought they were for; some guerrilla marketing campaign or a ...
travels with a flip - 07/Apr/2010 07:32 - 5489 days ago
The only footage of Lalibela after I accidentally deleted all my photos.
The bus from Lalibela to Bahir Dar.
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Work - 25/Mar/2010 10:15 - 5502 days ago
It is difficult to describe how frustrating work can be, usually I can’t, I just end up squealing and stamping my feet, in...
Oh what a beautiful morning… - 17/Mar/2010 08:19 - 5510 days ago
At 6.15 this morning I was being sick in an open sewer on the outskirts of Addis. While concerned Ethiopians wondered what on ea...
the right to silence - 15/Mar/2010 07:35 - 5512 days ago
Everyone substitutes yes with a sharp in take of breath.
Women whisper, sometimes I wonder how the taxis know when to stop for...
the tej bet - 05/Mar/2010 05:58 - 5522 days ago
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Jimma - 04/Mar/2010 05:47 - 5523 days ago
Jimma is on the way to Gambella and the border with Sudan. It is a centre for coffee, mud, rain, mosquitoes and serial murders ...
What I learnt last week - 03/Mar/2010 06:06 - 5524 days ago
That it is impossible to storm angrily down a street in Addis. Not because it has some kind of karmic power of resolution b...
Danger wire - 25/Feb/2010 05:25 - 5530 days ago
The Orange shop was broken into the other week and all the mobile top up cards and tins of powdered milk were stolen.
I also cam...
the great fast - 24/Feb/2010 10:05 - 5531 days ago
Orthodox Ethiopians began fasting for Easter over two weeks ago; not eating meat, fish, milk, eggs or cake. The siga bets (mea...
February - 11/Feb/2010 05:21 - 5544 days ago
As usual everything conspires to breakdown, run out or disappear at the same time.
Our night guard (who I’m not convinced ...
Rain - 10/Feb/2010 05:34 - 5545 days ago
It’s been raining since Sunday evening.
Everything is coated in a matt gloss of mud, including my trousers and shoes.
Bu...
The Bale Mountains - 03/Feb/2010 10:30 - 5552 days ago
At times when the mist came down, it looked like the North Yorkshire Moors, but then we’d pass a shepherd wearing pink ...
Sausages - 01/Feb/2010 06:03 - 5554 days ago
The man who was in charge of the Urban Agriculture project (which provides allotments for women with HIV/AIDs, to grow fresh veg...
Apathetic voting - 29/Jan/2010 06:31 - 5557 days ago
According to the annual British social attitudes test, people (in Britain) are more tolerant and more Conservative but less incl...
Crime and punishment - 25/Jan/2010 07:42 - 5561 days ago
A friend of a friend was late for a business appointment, he was driving too fast and not wearing a seat belt. He was stopped by...
Timket - 22/Jan/2010 11:27 - 5564 days ago
Tuesday was Timket or in English Epiphany, so difficult to say apparently that the finance director refused to attempt it and we...
Things I’ve recently learnt - 21/Jan/2010 07:05 - 5565 days ago
That when the Derg were purging the palace during the revolution, Hailie Selassie’s officials had to attend daily callenet...
Talk! Sit! Come! Get in! Get out! Eat! - 15/Jan/2010 08:14 - 5571 days ago
I am trapped in a never ending game of Simon Says, without the Simon Says bit or the prizes for getting it right.
British people...
New Years Eve - 14/Jan/2010 05:14 - 5572 days ago
It is still 2002, so officially there was no New Years Eve or New Years Day and unofficially we were all in bed by 10.30pm (4.30...
A christmas cracker - 13/Jan/2010 07:26 - 5573 days ago
(Ambo is the fizzy water in Ethiopia)
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The pilgrims and the elephant - 13/Jan/2010 05:29 - 5573 days ago
My friend has a taxi driver who knows a Doctor (of animals) who tracks Ethiopian elephants in a national park near Harar.
So we ...
Christmas - 23/Dec/2009 06:00 - 5594 days ago
The sun’s disappeared, I’ve been wearing my hat inside the office pretending it is snowing outside and unintentional...
Alisa - 22/Dec/2009 05:23 - 5595 days ago
Alisa attended a catering course run by the organisation that I work for. She set up a kitchen/cafe with friends up the road fro...
Friday night in Addis - 21/Dec/2009 05:24 - 5596 days ago
Girl in a bar (who’ve I’ve never met before, her hand grabbing hold of my neck): I really need to talk to you, will ...
My first Ethiopian film - 17/Dec/2009 10:39 - 5600 days ago
We know the editor and tenuously through her the director and lead, her brother, so I might be a little bias.
But it was great, ...
Independence day - 15/Dec/2009 06:26 - 5602 days ago
I’m a huge supporter of the downfall of colonialism, mostly because self-determination returned to people and countries wh...
What I learnt last week - 14/Dec/2009 08:01 - 5603 days ago
That sadly a trip to the Danakil depression, lava fields and volcanoes might not be possible due to mines, bandits and kidnappin...
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