No photos for the time being... sorry

Well, it seems that there will not be any pictures for a while as it takes agessssssssssssssssssssssss to upload them onto the blog. I have tried yesterday and spent over 3 hours to upload ONE photo.. my patience has limits so unless I find an alternative way to send them, you guys may have to wait until I'm back to Paris for xmas.

So I am now back to Addis where I will rest for a little while before sailing off to new adventures. After the South, we explored Eastern Ethiopia and in particular the city of Harar. Harar is an old walled city that is quite charming. People here speak Harari, Somali and Oromo. No more beautiful "half-naked" women walking aroung, Harar is predominantly Muslim. Harar coffee is well known throughout the world and is supposed to be the best! It surely smells very nicely. We stayed there for 2 days and witnessed the famous feeding of the hyenas. Basically, a man is brave enough to feed hungry hyenas (at least 7 of them) in the dark (it was past 7pm); he even placed meat in his mouth, from which hyenas carefully and almost gracefully grabbed it. And I was brave enough to witness it all at a very near distance. I just made sure that fresh meat ( I mean human beings) were between me and the hyenas. Pas folle la guepe comme meme!!

We then visisted the Sof Omar caves, where a sheikh is supposed to have sought refuge against religious intolerance. I don't know when exactly, no one seems to know either. The caves were quite amazing but the pictures would be much better than my vague description. I imagined the site to be full of tourists but Claire and I were the only tourists. The villagers were quite welcoming.

Then, we went to the Bale Moutains and the Sanetti Plateau at over 3000m altitude. We trekked (although Claire called it a challenging walk) and saw a few animals.

We have driven for over 4000km, and are resting before doing the same in the North. Ethiopia is huge!!

In a few days, we'll be heading to the North of Ethiopia to visit the legendary Aksum and Lalibela. THe northern route is called the Historic route and I am really looking forward to it.

Voila, miss you all a lottttt

Aidouche

Comments

[Mia]

Let's just be honest here, both you & Sandra are wrong! The best coffee in all the world is Kona Coffee, from HAWAI'I, of course. Aloha babe!

[alice]

la belle Aida,

We are all following your adventures closely here in the office and no one is forgetting you! I am envious of Lalibella; have always wanted to see those churches. Enjoy.

Moh has given you such a thorough briefing on the state of the world not sure what is left to say. I have moved house and with my binoculars I can tell the time from Big Ben.

xx alice

[Sandra]

Hello my darling!!! Great to read your adventures!! Too bad about the pics can´t wait to see them!!
Just a small correction: The Best Coffee in the World is COLOMBIAN!!!!! OF COURSE!!!!
Well my darling your niece Emily and I send you lots of energy for your next adventure!!!
Besos. We love you!!

[Moh]

Dudux
Je deviens bien jaloux maintenant de tes aventures. meme Moh "le vrai Africain" est impressionne et fier de toi. C super que tu ai tant de bonnes aventures. laisses tomber pour les differents scenarios de "bouhou bouri manda lammougo"! Je t'imagine entrain de t'eclater! espece de demi-tarrif va!!
Alors, time for the latest news that you would have LOVED to know about:

1- McPain (Mcain & Palin) is behind the Kenyan guy named Obama. After all there is hope for you in Senegal (as first female president)
- Simon Cowell shaved his head (boule zero)
- J. Haider, the Austrian far right politician died in a car accident: drink driving and speed
- Roman abrahamovich lost over 12 Billions so far coz of the credit crunch.
- Mugabe is giving all the juicy ministries to his cronies
- Sarah Brown (GB misus) was caught on camera checking out Tyson Beckford's ass (he is a sexy black male model).
-Westham is in trouble coz of the carlos tevez transfer saga and tottenham is at the bottom of the league.
- England beat khazastan
- Pizza Hut has rebranded itself as "Pasta Hut"
- Sir Ian Blair sacked by Boris Johnson as head of the Metropolitan police
- Des Brown left the government and peter Mandelson rejoined it as business secretary
- And finally, Dominique Straus-Khan accused of giving favors to a female subordinate. How very dare they accuse a socialist of such crime?

Check your emails for the other news.

Miss ya a lot.

Moh