A beastly back rub: Hanging out with the hyenas of Harar
There are times in your life when you ask yourself: How did I get here? For me, one of those times was in a rubbish dump at night in Ethiopia with a 60kg hyena on my back.
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Ethiopia
Six things to do in Harar, Ethiopia, that don’t involve hyenas
If you find yourself in Harar, Ethiopia, but you don’t fancy getting a back massage from a hyena: Relax. There’s plenty of other things to do.
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Best and worst hotels
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
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
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
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.
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