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...

I have typed this one 4 times and lost it so this is the short version. Six hour bus ride from hell to get there, just near South Sudan border and realatively good ride back. Was well worth it to spend time with the Nyangatom people. I was really sick last night but woke up fine this morning.

We hit the road early again this time to stop in Demeka. We came this way so I know my way around. It is still lucky I have Fitretu with me cos I would have missed this little gem of a hotel without him. It has a communal squatter and it is disgusting, like all of them. They would have to be the worst invention ever. I got sent with a local guide name Getch to see a Hamer village. Well what passed as a village today was 2 women under a tree doing their hair. It ...

Massive moral dilemma coming up. Those dickheads! At 3.30 this morn started yelling in the loud speakers. The Muslims start about 5.30 but I think these were orthodox. Started at 3.30 and didn't stop, st least the muslums only go for about 1/2hr, Today I took the bus all the way down to Omorate. It is the southern most town in Ethiopia, next stop Kenya. Along the way abig group of Hamer tribe got on and one of the women had to share the seat with me. They were...