Ethiopia

Ethiopia · 16. November 2017

After my two-week blogging pause, we are now back in Burkina Faso. Leaving India was hard for us both, we almost did not want to go back, because Mandrem has been paradise for us. I proudly announce that Tobias has gained his Assistant Instructor Certificate for Kitesurfing. Felicitaion! Between India and Burkina, we spent 24hours in Ethiopia, Addis. Ethiopian Airlines welcomed us with a huge surprise: Because our transit time is more than twelve hours, we received a hotel voucher for free!! We...

Ethiopia · 03. September 2015

What nobody told me when I first came to Ethiopia but what you definitely need to know for surviving! Here´s the story: There is this lovely swimming pool I Addis where I went to do some exercise. After a while I asked somebody outside the water: “What time is it, Sir?” to check whether I had completed my hour of swimming. I knew it must be something between 2pm and 4pm. He replied: “10 o´clock”. “Whaaat?” sure that I misheard. Again, he said 10 o´clock. What the hell. I am not...