Ethiopia

For spring break we came to Ethiopia and we are visiting our friends, Burtukan and Nesibu, who run Yezelalem Minch. The flight went well and I didn't get sick, we stoped in Kigali, Rwanda to pick up more people and I got to see the country side. Ethiopian time is one hour ahead of Burundian time so we are adjusting good here.

Today was our first day here and we left the guest house at 10:00 to explore, first we went to the place where they make Noonday jewelry and got to see them making it and we bought a few pieces too. Then we went to lunch at a resteraunt with a playground and then we got horse rides after we ate. Next we went to a place that trains woman who used to be fuel wood carriers to weave scarfs, a much better job! We got to see the big looms and how they weave, we bought a few scarfs too. Then we to the market and looked at the dresses. We drove up Intoto mountin and we had a great view of Addis Ababa, the capital.

 We drove home and had a relaxing evening at Morning Coffee Guesthouse.

Noonday jewelry making

Coffee bean jewelry

Horse rides

Addis Ababa

A woman carring wood on her back, barefoot down a mountin