Jack and I had a lie-in but felt rough despite having only had three beers night before! An early coke/sprite didn't help either - but severe belching did! Pizza slices from the bakery did the trick too. We took a long walk around the city centre for our last day, which included pottering around a mall where Jack lied his way into a guy's heart thinking he was going to sign up for a 4-month 3D animation course! It sounded cool! The only reason we were there was...

Well-known runner Gabriel Solaisse (guessed his spelling), funds or organises this massive annual marathon in Addis, called the Great Ethiopian Run. Around 75,000 people took part, with thousands more watching. If we had have known earlier we would have taken part, it looked fun (despite the heat) and was only 10km! Whilst we were watching the race, Jack and I were interviewed by some guy about comparing marathons to our country, our views on Ethiopia etc, we w...

20/11/10 Jack and I caught a horse and cart to an internet cafe where we had a couple of drinks and a nice spicy beefburger. We literally crave protein on this trip - all we eat is fruity and veg and baked goods otherwise! After a filthy horrible 2-3 hours trying to find the right bus back to Addis (as we had run out of money to stay at the lakes), we finally squeezed on a little bus for like 50p each - absolute bargain! Back in Addis we got our bearings all w...

19/11/10 Jack and I travelled to a place called Debre Zeyit,just out of Addis to visit some crater lakes. We jumped on several minibuses where I had my knees up round my ears for several hours, and also enjoyed a ride on a tuc-tuc (kind of ped/car/bike thing) to our destination. Had a massive pizza each whilst watching the world news in some bar for lunch. Our accommodation was sweeeeeet. Really pretty with all the bushes and foliage with pretty colours and loa...

18/11/10 After a dodgy sleep, we had an early rise with Kath, popped to the cafe before grabbing some bananas and jumping in a taxi with a Russian girl to an orphanage. The trip was a real eye-opener. At first, me and Jack had no idea what to do. It was very awkward just watching young orphan kids rolling around (some disabled). But we got stuck in playing with the kids and looking after them for two hours, putting a smile on their faces. Most of the time we we...