ROAD TRIP TO SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
I'm lazy. So the pictures are not chronologically ordered, and quite in a mess. But it will give you an idea of how our trip was. We had a great time, and a lot of fun, we met many strange people and I felt quite cut off from the world. But we survived:)
The Norwegian tourists surrounded by people from the village of Chencha. Everyone was eager to sell their clay products. By this time, at the end of the trip, I had no patience left for this type of interaction, and was ready to explode any minute. I made it back to the car without humiliating myself, though.
From the inside of an orthodox church in Chencha
Chencha is the village where they produce a lot of cotton blankets and shawls. We visited the place where the weavers were working.
Perfect monkey (apparantly baboons aren't really monkeys....?)
Rosalind and I in New York
New York in Ethiopia. Globalisation has reached a new level.
"Tsehay! Tsehay! Buy something!"
A little girl from Jinka. I agree, mango is really nice!
The air port landing strip in Jinka........
From the museum in Jinka.
In Turmi, where the Hamer people live. We stayed at a very primitive camp site. I've never felt so far away from everything before....
A Hamer woman. Notice her hairstyle. I gave her the last sip of my Ambo (sparkling water), but her reaction wasn't exactly what I had hoped for. The boys sitting around us where laughing, saying "she's grumpy, it didn't taste sweet!"
A Hamer guy. Not the grumpy one.
The swarm of grasshoppers. It was a pretty amazing experience!!!
Mikel the man
In a cloud of dust!
Lunch time
Lunch time
Joachim, Rosalind and Birgitte
Actually, it's mostly women who are working in this country! Endee!!!
The waiter. "My name is James" he said. "James Bond".
Yep, me and the baboons. We became good friends!
Instant friends! Miss Mursi and I:)
"Look at this tea - she put a ton of sugar in it. And I specifically requested her not too. What can you do?????"