We landed at Addis Ababa international at about 8.30pm after some 24 hours straight in the air or air terminals. We already knew our luggage as missing. At least we knew we would have an airport pick-up. Wrong. We walked out to the usual barrage of touts, taxis, and con artists but no sign reading "Davey" for our pick up. Eventually with the aid of a borrowed mobile it was established that a pick up was not happening, so we took a cab. Arriving at the Ghion Hot...

The propellers whirred into action in the old creaky Ethiopian Air Fokker on flight ET126 Addis Ababa to Lalibela and after months of planning and preparation it finally feels like our 2007 adventure has begun.We had experienced a grueling day before, leaving Perth at 3.55am and not reaching our final destination for the day of Addis Ababa until 24 hours later - sans luggage! To date we still do not have our luggage but that's a whole story in itself.Our Sun...