Saturday, June 20, 2009

Sights of Ethiopia

I will say that Ethiopia had the most diverse extremes of any place I have visited. There are million dollar homes beside tin shantys....beautiful skyscrapers with goats walking in front of them....6 lane highways made of dirt and no traffic lights....photography studios and barber shops are plentiful in small tin structures....coca-cola in a bottle can be found nearly everyblock or two in a small "storefront" window....every block is different, oh so different I could not take my eyes off of the road, I enjoyed seeing all of the the land,structures and of course the people! The people are all happy and peaceful. Grown men holding hands, children singing and skipping (sometimes with siblings strapped to their back!), men playing foos-ball on broken tables on the side of the road, muslim, orthodox, rich and poor and living side by side....peacefully.
When we asked about the crime rate our driver said there is none...that the rich and poor live happily together! What a concept! Below are just a few of many pictures that show the diversity of the city.




































1 comment:

Brooke and Brian said...

It was great meeting you tonight!