Archive for November 27th, 2009

Addis with rose-tinted lenses

Friday, November 27th, 2009

This video could have been produced by the Addis Ababa tourist board – in fact it might have been. It only shows one side of Addis, and Addis is clearly not representative of the reality of life in much of Ethiopia. But it does provide some balance to the nearly always negative views that one gets of Africa and Ethiopia in the UK. And, some of my readers – OK, only my mum and dad – might be interested to see some views of Addis.

Culture innit?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

A couple of contrasting nights out this week. Wednesday night – at the request of one of the folks I was going out with – I found myself at the Sheraton, the poshest hotel in Addis by some considerable distance. It was quite an experience – probably the poshest hotel I’ve been to with the possible exception (more…)