My first "home" in Ethiopia

As many of you know, I am now in Hawassa hoping the lower altitude will make me feel better. I did however promise to post some pictures of the guesthouse that we stayed at in Addis (and where Malene still is), so here they come!

My room 

The guesthouse livingroom 

The view from our bathroom

I lived on the first floor of this house to the left

Being in Hawassa is a completely different feeling than Addis. Right now I can hear frogs, birds, cows, grasshoppers, cicadas and I’m sure a whole of other animals that I can’t identify. Today there were monkeys playing outside in trees and I can see the lake from the screened in porch I’m sitting on. That being said, I really did enjoy Addis (except for the way it made my body act!) It was such an interesting mix of rich and poor and everything in between. You could see a palace on one corner and a little vegetable shop on the next. In many ways it reminded of me of Dar es Salaam, (I keep wanting to speak Swahili to people!) although people are better drivers in Addis than in Dar! Add a whole lot of wonderful to that and you’ve got yourself a good mix!