September 28th 29th Addis Ababa

To

From Moyale to Addis up and down mountains.

Today is Meskel holiday and there is nothing going on. Addis is set in amongst the hills ..over 7000 feet above sea level. A city of ( hard to say as the planned census in 2017/18 was abandoned due to security issues) about 4 million..

I catch up on washing, internet etc and relax a bit. Try out the food and the coffee which is,

very good. The Ethiopians have a sweet tooth..There are lots of cake and pastry shops that are good and cheap.

Cakes and pastries in one of many coffee shops.

I did manage to get to a traditional music and dance show.. colourful.

A traditional music and dance show. Check the unusual instruments.

One of the things I noticed was the number of incomplete buildings in Addis.

There are hundreds. I was told by a local that many speculators start a building..don't have money to complete and wait for someone to buy.

More incomplete buildings - there are two here.

Another shell of a building..but more interesting is the street vendor selling sticks of sugar cane.

You peel the outside off with your teeth.. and take a bite of the inner core ..chew, swallow, chew, swallow, and then spit out the pith.

I often wondered why goats would be on the roads, usually eating something off the road. .. Well one theory I have is that this cane is sold to people in the buses, who throw or spit out the chaff which ends up on the road.. a tasty morsel for goats.