Ethiopia aka: Ityop'iya

I am trying to find a good detailed street map of Addis online. Any suggestions?

Also, how bad are the pickpockets?

We have an exchange student at our school this year that is from Addis Ababa. Even if I didn’t go for any other reason, I’d go to see him after he goes home this summer. He is awesome! haha anyway, It would be awesome to go and experience a culture completely different from my own.

I’ll have to go back one day. I only stopped in Addis briefly for a business trip, but I did get to play with monkeys :)

There is a trip to Ethiopia with the dance group that I went to Senegal with, but it’s way too much money. But I really want to go. It’s in August 2008….;-(

I’m an anthropology student, and while I want to focus on Near East Studies and archaeology, I would love to do some fieldwork here. I have an excellent professor who has lived there on and off for many years studying the people and their culture.

Someday!

i wud just really love to go here 2 help all the poorer parts of the area its something im really hoping to do

The history makes my heart go pitter-patter.

First time after Sudan!!! If it is the same for you, you will love it.. get a big fun at night and sleep the days long. Take a week to out of Adis… a great history and amazing places to seee…

I’ve been to Addis Ababa, but not much to the rural areas. I went in 1998 with an exchange program. We met a lot of really gracious people. They’ve got a wonderful culture, language and history. Certainly, it’s one of the unique histories of Africa, if not the entire world. . . .There’s also the great food!

An absolutely stunning land, and the best damn food you could possibly hope for.