Ethiopia and the clock....

Injera, traditional food of Ethiopia

From Awassa, I continued towards the border with Kenya. This was not so much fun anymore. From Awassa to Yabello, the street was okay, but I needed for 250 kilometers three different busses and about 10 hours... And this was only the beginning....

Flat tyre number 3, before Yabello, Ethiopia

From Yabello the street became worse, at least, the scenery was somehow exciting. Before, it was very green with banana plants, mango trees and tomato plants, etc. Then it became drier, everywhere termite hills - some of them were really huge, several meters high...  Well and then there was the problem with bus departure times.... In Ethiopia the time goes literally different. The Ethiopians say - not at all very clever - the day begins in the morning with the sunrise. The Ethiopians call that accordingly 00.00 o'clock or also 12.00 o'clock. (With us it is 06.00 o'clock in the morning). At noon our time, Ethiopians say it is 06.00 (what is of course 12 o'clock with us). Okay till here? Is this still understandable after a 10 hours bumpy bus ride, when asking for the timings for the bus the next morning? Not really....

So, I was very pleased to hear, that the bus will start at 12.00 o'clock... Thank god, the guy also added, I need to get up early at the moment... 12 and early? This does not make so much sense... Oh - it does - it is 6.00 in the morning, and I even had to be at the petrol station at 05.30.....