Ethiopia | Ramblings

Best and worst hotels

June 29, 2018July 3, 2018 pdg 2 Comments Axum, Chișinău, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, Harar, hotels, Kibuye, Moldova, Muscat, Oman, Picos de Europa, Romania, Rwanda, Spain, Tiraspol, Transnistria

My pick of best and worst accommodation ranging from a flash eco-resort to a chicken coop.

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Ethiopia’s Meskel festival in pictures

June 13, 2018June 16, 2018 pdg 0 Comments Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Meskel

Once a year Ethiopia’s Christians celebrate what they say was the discovery of Christ’s cross more than 1600 years ago. All over the country they dress in brightly coloured robes, dance, sing, pray and build towering bonfires.

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Meskel: Ethiopia’s festival of fire

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 pdg 0 Comments Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Meskel

Nothing was going to stop me seeing one of Africa’s most colourful festivals — or so I thought.

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Ethiopia in pictures

June 3, 2018June 14, 2018 pdg 2 Comments Addis Ababa, Axum, Ethiopia, Harar, Lalibela

A photographic journey through one of the most fascinating countries on the planet, including the 12th century rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, the colourful eastern city of Harar, and the spiritual epicentre of Axum — legendary home of the Ark of the Covenant.