12-5-2016 London to Addis Ababa
After a 15 hour flight via Dubai, I arrived into Addis Ababa. I had to pick up a visa on arrival, which is basically a money making scheme that will set you back $50. And in typical African fashion, it took ages for them to process. From there I met my driver who drove me to my guesthouse - GT Guesthouse. The drive was chaotic, as can be expected. Organised chaos, as I like to call it.
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| Flying over Africa |
When I arrived, I was greeted by Lee, a rather brash American Ethiopian woman. I was utterly exhausted and in deperate need for a shower by this point. She informed me that they had upgraded me into a Master room. Since I was the only guest they had, I think it was the least they could do. To be honest, I was so tired I could easily have slept on the floor!
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| Photo of my fancy room, obviously after I had slept in it. |
I was so tired that I asked if they could order dinner in for me as the prospect of trying to find food was too overwhelming.
They brought in Ethiopian food, which could easily feed 4 or more people. However, for 159 birr, equivalent to $5 I wasnt going to complain.
Soooo ...Ethiopian food. Well Lee informed me that they had tamed the food down for me and substituted the raw beef and chicken. Thank goodness as the prospect of food poisoning at the start of my trip was not good.
One thing that they eat lots of here is injera, a carbohydrate based pancake thing made out of a grain called tef. When I say lots, I mean with pretty much every meal. It's fermented before it is cooked and has what I would describe as a sour taste. Along with the injera were a lot of random meats called 'tibs'. Tibs literally means fried meat. All I know, it was a lot of really tough meat. I think it could have been mutton or beef, who knows. There were various sauces with tastes I had never tried before.
Perhaps I need to get used to it before I can pass any real judgement, but I feel I may lose weight on this trip!
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| Injera, carbohydrate based pancake made out of a grain called tef |
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