Cats and Corrugations 'You You' is the cry of random kids you meet in Ethiopia, which although sounding a bit rude is their version of saying hi. Normally you turn around and they cheerfully wave with a big smile. Sometimes they follow up with 'One Birr', which when you say 'no' they again cheerfully wave with a further smile. 'Hey You' is the Kenyan alternative. You turn round and they instantly demand 'Give me money' with a bottle of glue hanging from their nos...

Injera and Edema. It is the 24th January 2002 and it's dark at 2.30pm. Welcome to Ethiopia. Confused? Yeh, I still am after being here a fortnight. In Ethiopia the day and clock begins at sunrise (12am) and then starts again at sundown (12pm). Fortunately they have at least standardised when sunrise and sunset is (6am, 6pm) so it makes it a little easier when figuring out what time a bus leaves! Things are a lot different here compared to Sudan and Egypt. The ...

Fasting and Facials Well this is the third time I'm writing this blog as the power and internet connection in Sudan are far from reliable! I've got some good photos but not sure that I'll be able to upload them Hmm, I also seem to have to wriite backward in arabic styly with punctuation marks in the wrong places, confusing for you to read but adds to the character! What's been happening then?Headed further up the Nile to Aswan after I last wrote in Luxor. Fo...

Pigeons and Pyramids No hassles with the flight to Sharm el Sheikh which was a surprise from my recent form, got a lift over to Dahab from the airport with a dive instructor I met at the airport which worked out well, Dahab is a bit of a diving Mecca and I spent most of my time there in the water snorkeling or just taking it easy. Was a bit more touristy than I was expecting with a few package tours there as well but basically just a nice chilled out dusty tow...