Visiting Ethiopia - Part I

By Martin Roberts and Naylah Hamour

Finally I have got round to writing my review of our trip, and I got a bit carried away.

That was partly because I started thinking I would like to write something down for Naylah and myself to help us remember.

We had been intending to go to Ethiopia for a long time, and we were delighted that we finally got round to doing it, and even more delighted that we happened upon Eskinder of Highway Tours.

He came up with an itinerary for us which turned out to be the ideal amount of time in each place. We were also pleased to be able to spend some time with him in Addis showing us the sights there. Eskinder also came on the final leg of our trip, to Harar, enduring a 12-hour coach journey both ways just so he could check on the driver there, who he had not met before.

On every leg of our trip, we found extremely pleasant, knowledgeable guides and excellent drivers who could not have done more to make our stay a pleasurable one. Our guide in the Simien Mountains, Sema, even invited us into his house for a coffee ceremony, which was a fascinating experience in itself, as well as wonderful hospitality.

And all the time we were travelling round, our guides were fielding phone calls from the ever vigilant Eskinder, making sure everything was running smoothly.

More at :http://www.ethiopiantour.com/blog/finally-visiting-ethiopia-pt1/