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...
"Caramela, caramela", "dollar, dollar"...little boys of around five or six, their faces and bare bodies fascinatingly painted, followed me around as they repeat...
An Ethiopian road trip is similar to the ones we have in the Indian subcontinent. Expect smooth roads, broken roads, no roads, offroad driving, potholes, small ...
So let's get this straight. I am from India. I understand chaos, unregulated traffic, hustle, and bustle. Crowds don't deter me and when I say, that Addis Merca...
Addis Ababa started on a wrong foot with me. My arrival coincided with the inauguration of a brand new terminal/arrival hall at the Bole International Airport a...
What most people conjure up at the mention of Ethiopia are visions of a drought devastated land, bloody civil war, ensuing famine, and malnutrition children wit...
It all started many years back when I saw fantastic pictures of the Danakil Depression; surreal photos of the most out worldly place on earth. Bubbling lava poo...