Today was mainly travel back to Addis, so we set off at 7.30am. It's worth noting at this point that not only does Ethiopia have a different calendar, they have a different use of time. In the calender they have 13 months in total, 12 months of 30 days and 1 extra month of 5 days, and they are currently in 2002. New year is on September the 11th.
Time wise, the day starts at 12 (00:00), this is 6am in our day, so midday is 6am if you get my drift.
We head back to Addis Ababa using a different road which is mostly tarmac and a bit better quality than the South East road. Half way back we decide it would be good to stop and film some of the failed crops we are seeing and talk to a family. These crops were the same as the ones we had seen yesterday, Just burnt dry and useless inside.
It took us 5 hours to travel the 330km back to Addis, where we went back to our hotel. Mike to do some interviews and me in search of an internet cafe to upload some pictures. Even in this internet cafe the speed is a crawl.
Out to dinner tonight with Tsigret and her husband, but home early as tomorrow we fly to Mekelle on a 6am flight. 4am check in, Ouch.
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