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THE PRIEST'S UNBRELLA
One day when I went to the historic Entoto Church high above Addis Ababa, I came across this scene. The head Priest was looking at ornamental umbrellas to use in a large procession for an upcoming Holiday in the Orthodox Church calendar. I have never seen so many brightly coloured umbrellas in my life. The Priest was examining each and every one and there seemed to be hundreds. When I came back about and hour later. Yep, the Priest was still looking them over!

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13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE

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DAO

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EMPEROR MENELIK II

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... to visit the churches of...
... to visit the churches of LALIBELA

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Money
Cash talks here and clean crisp bills are the rule of the day here or travlers checks also work.
I had a guy refuse a $20 at the airport because it was dog eared but it was later taken at a bank in B. Dar. There are two ATMS that I know of that take the Plus simbole. One at the Sheraton and the other at the Hilton in Addis which are about 5-10 min walk from each other but only spit out Ethiopian Birr. Had I beleived DAO about this in the first place I would not have brought as many travelers checks which can be a pain in the a..to change....you will need your reciepts to cash them at most banks. Only the big hotels (Hilton/Sheraton) and the Ethiopian Airlines office in Addis will take credit cards to my knowledge.

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Dashen Beer
Dashen Beer is delicious, especially Dashen draft beer which is only half price!

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