Oh Man, Oman!
Oman has got to be the sleepiest place i've ever well I only had a chance to check out the Muscat region - but it was still really beautiful with white washed houses…
Authentic Ethiopian
To be honest, although I really like it now, I wasn't a huge fan of Ethiopian food when i first tried i found the tastes completely different to what i would expect -…
Watch out goat – the good times are over
Up until Easter last weekend, most Ethiopians had been fasting for the previous 55 like Lent, but stricter and they basically don't eat anything until 6pm each day (some break their…
Hanging in the Rift
So I finally got a chance to go out to the Rift valley this weekend - although it wasn't really intentional. We were supposed to be on a flight to…
FGM
Girl(fairly senior in an NGO here): FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is very common around these countries because there are a lot of Muslims here. Me: ? What does Muslim have to…
Blog posts flood
Don't worry - it ain't an error somewhere - i just haven't been able to get proper access to my blog for the past couple weeks and that's why they all went…
Ethiopian Calendar and Clock
Woo- hoo! I'm seven years younger out here! According to the Ethiopian Calendar (based on the Coptic Calendar), it is only 1999 here and their new millenium celebrations are on September 27th,…
Mon deuxième blog en francais…
Je n'aime pas des chiens! Hier, je suis allé a la maison d'un ami pour du cafe. Elle a deux chiens - deux grande (avec grandes dents et claws )…
Bahir Dar
In my opinion (and as usual against the norm), this place I took a minibus from Gondar to Bahir Dar which was decent enough - only a 3 hour…
Africa’s Camelot
So maybe the Lonely Planet romanticises this place a bit by calling it Africa's Camelot, but it also is much better than I was led to believe by other expats. …