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........

The area we visited.....and a little more.....

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!!!

Omo Valley

Mikel the man

In a cloud of dust!

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".

Some guy who wanted to follow us around the market in Jinka. I'm veeery sceptical. No thank you!

From the rooftop of the landcruiser.

Yep, me and the baboons. We became good friends!

Instant friends! Miss Mursi and I:)

"Hm, what kind of a cracker is this????"

"Look at this tea - she put a ton of sugar in it. And I specifically requested her not too. What can you do?????"

Photo stop

On the rooooooad.......

The girl on the left spotted me taking a picture of her. "blablablablaphotoblablablamoneyblablabla!!!!! She got furious, and showed quite an attitude. Joachim was a peace mediator, and agreed to pay her for a picture with him. She was content.

Mikel and his tea. And sugar.

A young Arbore-guy. Pretty amazing, eh?

"Don't take any photos of us! Uahhh! Help! Let's run!"

View from the lodge in Arba Minch

ISHI!!!!