13 months of Sunshine!

I am made it finally to Ethiopia!

Lets start with yesterday....
So, my 8 hour stay in Dubai before coming to Ethiopia was quick. I guess it was because I had loads of friends online who kept me busy. Thank you guys.

The flight from Dubai to Ethiopia took 4 hours and it wasn’t that bad either. If your visiting Ethiopia and on a budget, then use Ethiopian Airlines, otherwise, I advice you use Emirates.

I arrived to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and it started raining like crazy. My brothers picked me up and went home to see that the electricity was out. According to my brothers, this was normal!

We had dinner (using torches) and chatted for a bit before we went to sleep. I couldn’t sleep the whole night because of the heavy rain that was pouring down insanely. However, I managed to get few hours of sleep before my eldest brother woke me up at 7am!

Today started by dropping my niece and nephew to school and then we went off to work. All I can say is that it was a long day!

Here I am now at home and its 6:30pm and the kids are playing around the house like crazy!

Before I finish this post, let me share with you some of the crazy but interesting facts about Ethiopia.

According to the Ethiopian calendar, today is the 21st of April 2003! I don’t know how they count it but it is!
Ethiopia has 13 months in its calendar, not 12! They count each month as 30 days and the last remaining 6 days make up the 13 month. Hence, Ethiopia is called the land of 13 months of sunshine!
Over here, the way they tell time is also funny. I think there are other countries around the world who use this system. If it is 2pm, they will say its 8 and if it is 3, they will say its 9. Its basically the opposite on the watch. I hope you get the point. I don’t know why they do it but I will try to find out.
Ethiopia has some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in this world! All the women take so much care of them selves that even the ugliest woman will look beautiful. They know how to keep their men happy I guess!

That’s all for today.

See you guys tomorrow. I won’t be uploading pics either because of the dial-up internet connection I am using but I will try to find a solution to that.

Now, its play time for my niece and nephew!

Africa here I come!

Woo, its been a while since I posted a blog post here. I really miss this place.

Alright, so without any boring intros, here are the updates. I was supposed to travel to Ethiopia right after my finals, which were few weeks back. However, parents wanted me to come back to Oman to help out with sister's wedding. I flew to Oman and chilled there for a week. However, here I am now in Dubai Airport going to Ethiopia today :)

The reason I am going to Ethiopia is for some family business which I will not be talking about here on this blog. I will also visit family and get a chance to see my country after not being there for more than 6 years! its been a while.

I will be there for a week and than get back to attend the wedding on the 12th of Jan before I leave back to Doha on the 14th.

I am really excited as I wanted to blog about Ethiopia for a while. I believe its one of the most beautiful African countries but people don't know much about it.

I hope I will be able to show the world the beautiful side of Ethiopia and help them realize that the world is not only about Europe and America !

No one in my family in Ethiopia knows that I am coming today except for my brother who is picking me up from the airport. I hope they don't read this post before I get there :)

I wont make this any longer as I have 8 hours to spend in this airport and I have loads to do.

Stay tuned for more posts about the beautiful country, Ethiopia. I am not sure if I will be able to post everyday as I don't know how easily internet is accessible there.

Until then, enjoy these videos .

This one is about the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia.

This one is about the capital City of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, where I will be staying.