When I arrived at Bahir Dar I had just spent the last 10 plus hours on a bus for the second day in a row. The bus didn't stop where it was supposed to but where it did stop there just happened to be a horde of touts and tuk tuks. I got cornered by a tout and went along with him to see a hotel. It was a dump but eventually he found a decent one. He followed me like a lap dog and in the end I had to be blunt, I know me you are shocked arn't you? I really did nothin...

I feel like I have been travelling for months. I have been soo far and done so much. It has been amazing to realise some of these people still live like this. I have had a guide with me ,Fitretu, and it has generally been a positive experience. I am sure I could have found accomodation, maybe not the same but similar. The accomodation was always good. Not always with my own bathroom but I can live with that here and there. The ones that did have bathroom ALL had ...

This is a s*** blog site I am having trouble loading photos. We took the bus up into the mountains from Arba Minch, to see the Dorze. It was probably the longest and steepest mountain trail I have been on. We travelled from almost zero to 2'500 mtr. Up at the village it was cold and wet and made walking in thongs hard in the slippery mud. I had a good look around and the young guy who showed me around was interesting. He explained they build their houses 12mtr ...

I am headed north now with a stop at Konso to see another village. These people are not nomads and they have terraces the side of the mountains. They even built the village on a series of terraces. You walk up through a narrow walled path that reminds me of the incas of Peru. It must have taken them years to build. After the tour my local GUI de invited me for a "beer". Another chance for a guide to take me to his family bar and make me pay way over the odds for...

The Mursi are the tribe most people come to see. They are the most outrageous. They put on their ceremonial gear for the tourists and charge 5birr per photo. They are uneducated but they can all count camera clicks and multiply by 5 with perfect accuracy. With a few tourists in the village it turns into a circus with everyone pushing and shoving to get their photo taken. I met one of the tribal elders who had been to Sydney and studied linguistics and he is tryin...