
A surprise on every step
Days go by like hours and our lives have been taken over by the African routine. But this word has a different…

Days go by like hours and our lives have been taken over by the African routine. But this word has a different…

It’s my second week here. I’m slowly getting accustomed to our new home. I’m lying on the sofa and watching how Merle…

It’s 5 AM. Two days and nights without sleep are behind me now. I feel that my heart is beating…


It took me a whole month to get accostumed to the rythm in Africa. It’s hard to tell, why it…

I woke up 5 AM because of a rooster. In Estonia I’m used to get up when it’s not dark…

Ethiopia is developing remarkably fast. In 2010 March there were no regular bus lines to nearby cities. During the rainy…

Compared to previous times the trip back to Soddo wasn’t stressful. I took my luggage to the hotel and out of…

Timo knew well the different means of transport. 5h trip with Skybus which costs 5.60 €(23 birrs is 1 euro)…

First day in Ethiopia is sunny and not windy as usually. Seems as I am back in Estonian summer. It’s…

Pictures from Damota

The alarm goes on. Wake-up. Somewhere in distance you can hear loud music, it’s light outside, from other rooms you…

The morning was a bit colder than usual because it was raining at night. The peak of Damota was hiding…

I think I was one of the last ones imagining I could be back in Soddo, Ethiopia just in a…

It was the second hour of darkness but no one was at the table. The only explanation I can find…

The local Orthodox church here has 24 national holidays, offices and schools are closed then and local orthodoxs don’t work…