Dec 2 - Reflections - for us, Ethiopia is unusual

Some reflections.

This has been an unusual holiday for us. Most obviously in as much as we were visiting our daughter, who is a most efficient organizer. So for the first 10 days of the holiday, things moved forward at a fast pace, even if Tessa would probably say events moved slowly.

The 2nd part of the trip has been unusual, since:
- health has been only so-so. Both of us have suffered from running noses, and running elsewhere too. Most unusual: we are normally very robust.
- we have not seen another backpacker, except while trekking in the mountains. Maybe we have moved upmarket in the places we stay at? Seems unlikely. Maybe it is just out of season. Indeed, most places we stay at are not only void of tourists, but we are the only guests.
- no Internet. Sometimes the facility is there but there is no power. Or it is so slow that it is unusable.We resort to 'borrowing' Internet (that's fair, if they come to Luxembourg, they can use my access), or taking our PC with us when we go out to eat, and visit different restaurants until we find one with both working Internet and good food.

Not having contact with other backpackers and having no easily available Internet makes planning our days difficult - this on-the-spot communication is an essential element of our daily planning.


But it is still all great fun.