10 January 2011 Total Distance: 12 345 km Distance covered today:608km Start: Molla Apartments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Finish: Ghion Hotel, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia We left the city quite suddenly and there was not the typical suburban area like one normally gets. It was busy with shops and then suddenly nothing as we started to climb a hill north of Addis. The landscape continued north as it was in the south. Soft rolling hills and the plains in between cov...

9 January 2011 Staying at Molla Apartment Hotel, Addis Ababa A relaxed morning and we are taking a good break halfway through our trip and the luxury is also needed to recharge the batteries. We walked from the hotel to a big Coptic Church some kilometre from the hotel and it is a beautiful place of worship. Lots and lots of people were heading that way and most of the women cover their heads in white scarves. The Ethiopians seem to be very religious a...

7 January 2011 Total Distance: 11 737 km Distance covered today:482km Start: Beleka Hotel, Arba Minch, Ethiopia Finish: Moolla Apartments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Last night after we left the fancy hotel we could not afford, but could enjoy a lovely mango juice and free internet, we drove pass a long stream of people all wearing white robes. They were all singing and clapping hands in rhythm with a few drums. It was all very peaceful and in preparation for...

4 January 2011 Total Distance: 10924 km Distance covered today: 244 km Start: Beleka Hotel, Arba Minch, Ethiopia Finish: Goh Hotel, Jinka, Ethiopia We had to backtrack some 90km to a town called Konso and drove once again through beautiful farming communities which consist of bananas, corn and mangoes on the flat valley floor between the 2 mountain ranges. Everywhere on the road there are herds of cattle and sheep using the road as easy access to wherever...

1 January 2011 Total Distance: 9986 km Distance covered today: 247 km Start: Bush Camp, Samburu National Park, Kenya Finish: Henry's Camp, Marsabit, Kenya Last night was filled with more surprises. As I was talking to my parents on the cell phone (not by typical African Bush Drums I must admit), a porcupine walked through our camp! I have not seen one for more than a decade! In the evening as we were lying in our tents, we watched the elephant grazing a...