As I was having my picture taken at the back of our train a waiter dropped
to the ground next to me with a grand mall seizure. I ran to get our trip
doctor who was inside the train.
A modern commercial building in Addis Ababa
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THe main domestic language is Amhara and their alphabet has 237
characters and is unique to Ethiopia.
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Landscape of Ethiopia from the plane
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All wood sellers market in Lalibela. . They must travel very far to
collect the wood.
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Beautiful Monk robes that signify the accension of Christ. THey are
faced by monks in black robes that represent the crucifixion of
Christ.
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Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar and therefore on our February 7,
2012 it was May 29th, 2004 in Lalibela. They also follow a clock at
begins the day at sunrise and therefore it was 1:30 on the Ethiopian
clock when it was 8:30 am. That meant the front desk man guessed what
time he should provide the wakeup calls and most of us were up and
hour or two early.
Here an entire monastery is performing a Christmas chant for us
because they celebrate Christmas about now.
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Hip hop Ethiopian style
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Female student shoewatcher at the monasteries. Her tshirt says LOVE ME
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Shoe watcher is a very good profession in Ethiopia. It is such a poor country.
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