I questioned myself before writing this post, "Why am I bothering to write an Ethiopia travel guide? Who am I even writing it for?" The fact remains that my Eth...
Ethiopian food is one of my best travel discoveries. In fact, it is one of the highlights of my recent Ethiopian trip. I had no idea of it before my trip and wh...
Lalibela has been a must-visit on my Ethiopia itinerary. I did not mind foregoing many other places due to slow travel, but Lalibela could not be avoided. The m...
Bubbling lava lake colouring the night sky into a vivid red, sleeping at an active volcano, salt lakes, sulphurous mounds of yellow contorting into other-worldl...
Danakil Depression is the main reason why I wanted to visit Ethiopia. It is one of the harshest and hottest places on earth, with a landscape so surreal that th...
'Be careful! Put your foot in these holes only' said my 80 years old Tigray guide. We were perched 1312 feet above the valley floor, clinging on a sheer cliff...
Aksum held no attraction for me except that I wanted to be in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. I was still relatively a travel newbie to Ethiopia, just 10 days ol...
I cannot emphasize enough on the importance of responsible Omo Valley travel. Unless you want a human zoo experience, you would bear a few things in mind. First...
As a curious traveler, I desperately wanted to see and experience the Omo Valley tribes in Ethiopia. In my mind, it was an experience similar to what I had in O...
The Omo Valley is all about its people and the fascinating timeless they live, or at least still did until recently. The Lower Omo Valley villages are ho...