Apart from being desperately sick to the point all inhibitions fly out the window and you don't care who sees what, when - and taking a rather dodgy flight from Addis to Lalibela where my seat was coming away from the aircraft mount (no point wearing a seatbelt but I put it on anyway!) - Ethiopia was a joy. For me, this was the country where the reality blew all my preconceptions to bits. From Bob Geldof, Bono and Band Aid videos back in the 80s, I expected dry, dusty land with famine ravaged people walking the streets, begging to be fed. I expected sadness, hostility and heartbreak. I expected to be humbled, and definitely not wowed. When I arrived in November 2007, Ethiopian Millennium celebrations were still going on 2 months down the line (they are 7 years - yes really - 7 years behind us!) Happy, smiley people greeted me. Green, fertile land awaited me. I was stunned, quite literally stunned. 1 favourite memory out of all the highlights - staying in an eco-lodge in the Simien mountains and being so close to the cuddly cute Gelada Baboons. Check out the pics...
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