I flew to Axum I just couldn't face another 12hr bus ride to Shire, then overnight then short hop to Axum so I flew. My checkin bag got ransacked between check in and collection, lucky there is nothing of any value in it. The Africa hotel is the best room I have had so far. Big room, great bathroom with hot water, tv and dodgy internet. I'm up at 4am trying to post this. I went for walk yesterday and got followed buy 8 kids wanting me to buy them a "footaball"....

Well I've had better days. Thankfully Boy (my son) came through for me this arvo. I was up at 2am this morning with him trying to book a couple of airtickets. I have been trying for a couple of weeks but the internet is too slow here and it times out. Finally we have it sorted and I fly out of Ethiopianto Egypt on 27th. I also had some stuff to do this morning so I was busy especially trying to track down transport out of here. This arvo I finally got to see the...

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 ...