Steve and I visited Ethiopia three years ago, traveling from North to South and thought, “Been there, done it.” How shortsighted! There’s always something new to discover wherever a person travels. We just returned from “Unknown and Rarely Visited” areas of Ethiopia (perhaps 200+ Westerners a year come) that included: the ancient, walled city of [...]
“Travel Tips & Advice on Ethiopia”
Unknown Areas of Ethiopia
January 19th, 2012 
Sheila Simkin 
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Ethiopia, The Colorful Cradle of Mankind
December 5th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Travels With Sheila received an e-mail from Henok Tekle, our former, brilliant and capable guide in South Ethiopia who now has his own travel service, Panoramic Ethiopia Tours. If you haven’t discovered Ethiopia for yourself, don’t put it off any longer. Winter is approaching fast (hate to remind those of us who live in a [...]
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Ethiopian Coffee Trivia and Country Information
May 4th, 2009 Sheila Simkin I don’t know if you are aware of the fact that the United States imports 12-15 million pounds of Ethiopian coffee annually, with Starbucks buying a huge amount of Sidamo beans. There are three main regions where Ethiopia coffee beans are grown – Harrar, Ghimbi, and Sidamo. These are considered to be some of the [...]
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You Have Got to Visit Fantabulous, Exotic South Ethiopia
August 23rd, 2008 Sheila Simkin Ethiopia was so much more than we expected and I would have omitted just one place from the itinerary…El Sod. In the over 30+ years that we’ve been traveling the globe, Ethiopia takes the prize for the extreme diversity of sights. Not occasional sights but daily sights. Even though the roads were often brutal, we [...]
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The Road Back to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
August 22nd, 2008 Sheila Simkin The 73 million Ethiopians only have an average life expectancy of 48 years and this was easy to understand after three weeks traveling around Ethopia. There is a daily struggle: – To grow crop on hillsides, between rocks, and lack of water – To find clean drinking water or any water at all. Long walks [...]
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The Gudji People in The Awasa Rift Valley, Southern Ethiopia
August 21st, 2008 Sheila Simkin An all-day drive from Yabelo back to Lake Langano and Wenney’s Eco-Lodge. Eight hours in total including lunch and pee breaks. The days highlights were: – A dead hyena on the road. Henock thought it was a pregnant female; – At least four overturned trucks; and – Lots of road kill. …View image… Leaving Borena [...]
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The Borena Singing Wells in South Ethiopia
August 20th, 2008 Sheila Simkin A surprise today! The 100km/62mi drive from Konso to Yabelo only took 2-1/2 hours because the road had been fixed. This was as far south as this trip to Ethiopia would take us and not far from the border of Kenya. Scenes along the road today were poisonous devil apple bushes that neither animals nor [...]
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An In-depth Visit to Dara, A Konso Village in South Ethiopia
August 19th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Lunch and a visit to a Konso Village with a local guide, “Choo-choo” while Henock cleaned the Toyota. He kept it immaculate and couldn’t stand it when it became covered with dust. Dara (the Konso village) doesn’t receive as many visitors as the other villages along the main road and we were greeted enthusiastically. Konso [...]
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Arbore People Along The Road to Konso in South Ethiopia
August 18th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Packed up and on the road again in the direction of Konso for one night with new road sights. Trees with the wood or straw bee hives perched up in the branches. …View image… We’d seen these throughout Ethiopia and Henok filled us in. Each tree belongs to one person who leaves the hive up [...]
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Three Nights in Turmi and The Turmi Market, South Ethiopia
August 17th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Three nights at the Evangadi Lodge and Campground in Turmi with day trips scheduled. Turmi is a minute, one street, dirt road town but there is a lot to see in the South Omo Region. The campground has facilities for your own tent and individual cottages. There is also a very nice row of toilets [...]
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