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India 1- Goa – a much needed holiday

Palolem beach in South Goa A fish stall along the way Casa Susegad, a sublime guest house,with immense hospitality Buying train tickets to Goa from Mumbai is no easy feat when you are in Dubai and a foreigner. The Indian booking system is impossible. So I email Carole from Casa Susegad (the guest house where weContinue reading “India 1- Goa – a much needed holiday”

Ethiopia 9 – Lasting impressions

It’s not till we get to the airport, and move on to Dubai and India that I am able to reflect back on our time in Ethiopia, fraught as much as it was with our frustrations and acclimatising to travelling with 3 young kids, in a country which is little set up for tourism andContinue reading “Ethiopia 9 – Lasting impressions”

Steamed up glasses and poached bottoms

We are flying to India via Dubai, so decided to stay a couple of nights there. Needless to say, it’s immediately obvious that we’re going from one extreme to the other! I pay a vist to the loo in the airport, and not only am I struck by all the gleaming tiles and the fact thatContinue reading “Steamed up glasses and poached bottoms”

Circus skills

No 1 This week we went to an amazing circus which was where loads of people went after school and learn acrobatics and circus skills. It was one of the most amazing circuses I’ve ever been to!!! Here are two poses that the gymnasts did… The girl in the second picture on the very topContinue reading “Circus skills”

Markets and tribes

This week we stopped of in a market and found some interesting things!!! Here is a picture of one of the hammer tribes. She’s mixed soil and butter together and twizzled her hair into wringlets. We’ve also seen the men wearing big curvy grips in there hair!!! We also went to a tribe where IContinue reading “Markets and tribes”

Crocodiles and hippos

The most smiley crock ever!!! This morning we went to see hippos and crocodiles in a very big lake. The reason we couldn’t see them in the sea was because Ethiopia is surrounded by land. so we got our life jackets on and hopped into the boat and set off! For the first 10 minutesContinue reading “Crocodiles and hippos”

Reflections on Ethiopia

Of course we have strong emotional connections to Ethiopia and our time here 3.5 years ago was such a positive experience for us all. But this time we don’t have the emotional intensity of an adoption overwhelming our trip, so perhaps we can be a little more objective… Hard, hard work in the fields TheContinue reading “Reflections on Ethiopia”

Ethiopia 8 – Lalibela

Holiest of Places – The Jerusalem of Ethiopia There are 11 of these extraordinary churches here in Lalibela – it has been sculpted out of the rock and lies 100 feet underground. Millie and Jemima sitting just in the sunlight on the bottom right. From out of nowhere this extraordinary cafe/ restaurant appears , coContinue reading “Ethiopia 8 – Lalibela”

Monasteries and mountains

(Be warned, this is a bit of a long one…) Having seen a fair bit of the south of the country, with its beautiful countryside and fascinating cultures, it’s now time to embark on an 8-day tour of the north, the more classic ‘historical’ tourist route (after a very brief 4 days in Addis toContinue reading “Monasteries and mountains”

Ethiopia 8 – An unexpected Bus Ride

A trip to the North Bahrdar -The start of the Nile, and Lake Tana, Gonder and the SImien Mountains, Lalibella and back to Addis – the next ten days. If only we had known we could get half price flights on all internal Ethiopian airlines, if we had flown into the country on Ethiopian airlines.Continue reading “Ethiopia 8 – An unexpected Bus Ride”