We arrived in Harar yesterday afternoon - flying from Addis to Dire Dawa, where our driver picked us up at the airport. We were a few hours late in leaving Addis, and our driver was pushing it a bit to try and make the 90 min drive to Harar before dark. Our hotel here is something else. Nothing like the one in Addis, which I suspect is a one-off. Apparently it is only 5 years old, but it was built old. On the other hand, it is a large spacious room, with a huge ...

We landed in Addis this morning at 6AM, slightly ahead of schedule after an uneventful flight. Addis is at an elevation of 2400m, so it is a bit chillier here than we probably expected. It's the end of the rainy season as well, so it was an average sort of day. Suprisingly, even though the plane was full, very few of the people actually got off at Addis. We were standing at the baggage collection with 4 other couples from Australia - all of them here to do volu...