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    • TravelerÄthiopien 2024
      Day 10

      Tag 10: Hawassa

      April 5 in Ethiopia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Der Velofreiertag haben wir mit einem Besuch auf dem Fischmarkt verbracht. 3 verschiedene Sorten von Fisch werden aus dem Awassa-See verspeist. Einer davon wird als Sushi zubereitet. Der Hygienestandard hat uns nicht direkt motiviert Fisch und/oder Sushi zu kosten 😉. Ca 500 Fischer arbeiten auf dem See. Der Fisch wird am frühen morgen reingebracht und die jüngeren bereiten durch den Tag die Netze wieder vor für den nächsten Tag. Die Fischerboote sind einfache Ruderboote oder selbstgebastelte Flosse. Am Fischmarkt gibt es eine Suppe vom "Doktor" welche heilende Kräfte hat. Über den "Doktor" wurde angeblich eine Reportage im National Geographic gemacht.
      Nach dem Fischmarkt ging es aufs Schiff um Nilpferde zu bestaunen. Wir hatten Glück und konnten ca 7 Nilpferde bestaunen.
      Nach dem üblichen Injera Zmittag ging es auf einen Besuch einer kleinen Kaffeeplantage. Hat sich eher angefühlt als wären wir im Garten/Dschungl einer Privatperson (war wahrscheinlich so😄). Der Kaffee wurde bereits geerntet und die nächste Ernte steht ca im September an.
      Auf unseren Wunsch haben wir noch ein wenig die Stadt ausgekundschaftet. Heute ist Chambalalla (Neujahr) für die lokalen Leute in Hawassa. Deswegen war einiges los und unser Guide war geforderder mit Leute abzuwimmeln 🤣...wird sind immer wieder aufs neue überrascht wieviel Aufmerksamkeit wir erregen wenn wir uns versuchen unters Volk zu mischen.
      Ende aus und en guete Rutsch ins neude Sidam Jahr🥂🍾      Read more

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    • skip's retirement travelEthiopia
      Day 20

      Daasenach

      November 5, 2022 in Ethiopia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      The Daasenach are another of the tribes in the South Omo Valley. The village I visited close to the border with Kenya and near the town of Omorate, the administrative center of the Daasenach region. To reach the village, I crossed the Omo River on a traditional canoe that you can see in the 1st picture.
      The 2nd picture looks at the village. The next 2 pictures are of Daasenach women. Notice the hairstyles. The 3rd picture is an unmarried woman, while the 4th is married. If you look closely at the married woman, you might be able to see small braids on top of her head. She has a braid for each child. This woman has 3. It was said that the Daasenach still practice female circumcision.
      The 5th picture is a look inside one of their dwellings. The 6th picture is a look across one of their fields that is waiting for the next planting season.
      The last picture is a baboon that just wanted to be photographed.      Read more

    • skip's retirement travelEthiopia
      Day 21

      Kara

      November 6, 2022 in Ethiopia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      The Kara tribe is the last of the South Omo Valley tribes I'm visiting. They are about the smallest of the tribes in the region, living along the banks of the Omo River. The name, Kara refers to fish, and some of their diet is just that. However, they are agro pastoralists like most of the other tribes.
      They are perhaps best known for their body painting.
      The 1st picture looks at a a painted man pointing out the Omo River. The rest of the pictures are various members of the tribe showing the variety of body decoration practiced here. The last picture is a woman working at a traditional grinding stone. She is grinding wheat.      Read more

    • skip's retirement travelEthiopia
      Day 22

      Konso

      November 7, 2022 in Ethiopia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      The Konso are a large tribe living primarily in an arid region of southwest Ethiopia, and they have adapted to the climate. The traditional villages begin with a compound atop a hill. When that fills, they start a ring around and slightly down hill. As that fills, another ring is built farther the hill. And so on until the hill is filled. Then the process starts again with another hill. Each ring is separated by stone retaining walls.
      They are also known for their terrace building. Hillsides near the villages are terraced, with each family having their own area to farm. Unlike other tribes, the Konso keep their livestock in the family compounds. They collect the manure, mix it with ash and use it as fertilizer.
      The 1st picture looks over some of the terraced land, and the 2nd looks across a valley from the village I visited to the area they farm. This village houses as many as 5,000 people.
      The 3rd picture is a typical gate to a family compound, and the 4th picture is in a compound. Notice it's on 2 levels: the upper for family and the lower for livestock. The carvings in the center mark and ancestor's grave. This would be a hero, having killed a major beast or many enemies.
      The 4th picture is a community house where the immediate community would gather for all common purposes. The 5th picture is the upper part of the community building. They say these buildings can last 100 years. This upper space is also where young men sleep. They provide a night watch, fire response, etc.
      Associated with the community building is a flat open area as in the 7th picture that is used for celebrations and all sorts of activities. At each of these is a large rock as on the 8th picture. This is for the right of passage. When a young man can lift the rock and throw it backwards over his head, he is deemed grown and strong enough to be considered an adult.
      The 9th picture is some of what they make. You can see a man working a loom, and if you look closely, you might see a woman spinning cotton.
      The last picture is one of the retaining walls between levels. I'm told this wall is over 400 years old and about 3 meters tall.      Read more

    • skip's retirement travelEthiopia
      Day 22

      Hawassa

      November 7, 2022 in Ethiopia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Hawassa is the 3rd largest city in Ethiopia and largest south of Addis Ababa. It lies in the Great Rift Valley along the eastern shore of Lake Awasa. Hawassa had been the capital of the entire southern region of Ethiopia, but today is one of several regional capital cities.
      The 1st picture is looking out from the hotel over the resort grounds to the lake. The 2nd picture is of the lake with fishermen, taken from the lakeside promenade in the 3rd picture.
      The 4th picture is of a typical street in the city. One Ethiopian person I spoke to called this a clean city, and it is. Much of the city has this feel.
      The 5th picture is of the Sidama monument, also called Sumuda, with St. Gabriel's Church in the background. The monument to the Sidama people is like a coiled false banana leaf. The images all around lift up the traditions and culture iyf the Sidama people.
      The last picture is a closer look at St. Gabriel's Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox cathedral.      Read more

    • PV-Help Äthiopien
      Day 8

      fischfarm🐟

      February 10, 2023 in Ethiopia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      hüt isch kollektiv d schuel gschwänzt worde, all schwizer inkl. dozent sind nöd uftaucht a de arba minch uni.😂 gmeinsam simmer uf d fischfarm vom lokale fischresti wo mehr vor paar täg bsuecht hend. er het eus sini farm zeigt & sini visione vorgstellt. es usbrennts krok hemmer au no vorgfunde.😳 mir schwizer hend natürli mal wieder s „best“ schuehwerk a gha… teils sogar s schlechtere als einti iheimischi.😅Read more

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    • PV-Help Äthiopien
      Day 9

      up in the hills⛰️

      February 11, 2023 in Ethiopia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

      Nachere steile Uffahrt mitem Liniebus sind mir in Dosa ufem Berg ahcho. 😅
      Nachem Fotoshooting isches den direkt losgange mit de Tour dur s‘Dorf. 🤠
      Nebet de wunderschöne Webereie sind eus au die typische Elefantehüüser zeigt worde. 🐘🏠
      Als Abschluss hend mir fake bananas gesse und drü mal luut YOO YOO YOO id Luft gschroue. 😂🍌      Read more

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    • PV-Help Äthiopien
      Day 12

      street out of service

      February 14, 2023 in Ethiopia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      nach de mep i de uni hämmer eus uf e langi autofahrt gmacht. nach guet 4h fahrt i eusem alt bekannte büsli simmer imne abglegne dorf a cho. ab da het gheisse wird ez gloffe, gwüssi hend gseit es segi 1km anderi seged 12km… es blibt also spannend. herzig i dem dorf isch gsie, wie die iheimische ganz neugierig eus beobachtet hend. gwüssi chli muettiger, anderi chli schücher. einigi hend eus welle d hand schüttele & anderi sind bimne „hello“ de vo grennt.😂😅Read more

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    • PV-Help Äthiopien
      Day 12

      welcome to android

      February 14, 2023 in Ethiopia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      im dorf simmer vo de dorfälteste in empfang gno worde. de culture leader & zwei witeri händ e asprach ghalte. si händ sich bedankt für euse support und eus gsägnet. zum dank hend si eus grösszügig en bull gschänkt.😅 jep eusi gruppe het ez en bull.😂 zur fiir vom tag, das mir ez da sind & ihne e pv alag bauet isch den de bull vor eusne auge au gaht gschlachtet worde (bilder sind nix für schwachi nerve).😳 recht idrücklich… nach dem spektakel hets den finally ebis z ässe geh.😂 nach 8h reis & em zmittag vo 3 banane isch das au fällig gsi.🤷‍♀️Read more

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    • PV-Help Äthiopien
      Day 13

      ethiopia cup

      February 15, 2023 in Ethiopia

      Noch der harte arbeit hen mer am obet mit da iheimische zema tschuttet. der fussballplatz isch zwor extrem schräg gsi het viel löcher gha aber es sind am schluss alli unverletzt bliba. z resultat isch am schluss 1:1 gsi, das vor allem weg da grossartige leistige vu da beide goalis.Read more

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