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Ethiopia’s unmissable sights for travellers
03 May 2013
Ethiopia has the ability to wow you day after day. This is truly a world apart; there are more than...
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10 places to travel for a higher cause
28 June 2012
Seeking some deeper meaning on your travels? Make your own pilgrimage to some of the world’s great spiritual sites.1. Source...
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Ethiopian food for beginners
27 June 2012
This is an excerpt from the Food & Drink chapter of Lonely Planet’s guide to Ethiopia & Eritrea.Popular breakfast dishes...
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Calling the caf-fiends: great coffee spots
19 June 2012
It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity (after petroleum), and it will almost certainly...
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Top 10 works of engineering genius
30 May 2012
Those monuments you’ve crossed the planet to see – they’re big, but are they clever? Well, yes, actually they are....
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Once upon a time in Ethiopia
30 May 2012
History and legend are so entwined in Ethiopia that it can be hard to know where one ends and another...
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Fine tune your table manners
19 May 2012
You think that emptying the bottle into your guest’s glass is polite… little do you know that you just designated...
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Discovering Africa’s hidden treasures: Lonely Planet meets Dr Gus Casely-Hayford
20 March 2012
As anyone lucky enough to have travelled to the most intoxicating of continents will testify, Africa ain’t nothing but a...
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How to get high: a guide to staying well at high altitude
30 November 2011
High altitudes are just for the Reinhold Messners and Joe Simpsons of this world, right? Crazy feats up there where...
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An (almost) endless journey: the Tour d’Afrique
24 August 2011
A common workday daydream is to embark on a vacation that never ends. One adventure outfitter called Tour d’Afrique Ltd....
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Ethiopia & Eritrea: travel books to read before you go
01 October 2010
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Ethiopia & Eritrea guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the...
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2000-2010: a decade in travel
08 January 2010
The turn of a new decade leads to inevitable reflection. So we turned to our founders, authors and travel...
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Bati livestock market
23 November 2009
Katharina Kane travelled to Ethiopia on assignment for Lonely Planet. You can follow her adventures on Lonely Planet: Roads Less...
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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Ethiopia itinerary
10 November 2009
A day spent negotiating Harar’s maze of cobblestone alleyways is the perfect start for a journey to Ethiopia’s hidden corners....
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The Festival of Kristos Samra
10 November 2009
The pilgrims’ walk from the shores of Lake Tana to Kristos Samra church is no more than a few hundred...
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Hiking the Meket escarpment
10 November 2009
At a height of 3500 metres, sharp wind cuts through thin clothes. With the wind comes rain that feels icy...
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Harar's prayer-trance ceremony
09 November 2009
A handful of incense hits the glowing charcoal, unleashing a fragranced fog. It blurs the vision and mingles with the...
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