After solving the problems of the world the night before, we have to drag ourselves out rearly for the long drive back to Addis. The objective is to be back at our hotel in time to leave for the Meskel Square by about 2:30. The drive back north is uneventful, althoug the traffic is getting worse the farther we go. Again we drive past the hectares of greenhouses that have been set up to grow flowers that are airfreighted to Holland to be sold there. When we get ...

We landed in Addis this morning at 6AM, slightly ahead of schedule after an uneventful flight. Addis is at an elevation of 2400m, so it is a bit chillier here than we probably expected. It's the end of the rainy season as well, so it was an average sort of day. Suprisingly, even though the plane was full, very few of the people actually got off at Addis. We were standing at the baggage collection with 4 other couples from Australia - all of them here to do volu...