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RE: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by LizaD 26 February 2012

@Ratbone Aramaic is not the official language of Ethiopia. Amharic is. And Oromo or Oromiffa (Faan Oromo) is the other one, not Oromic.…
Return From Omo valley starting from Jinka!

by 2franko 17 February 2012

Hello everyone, I have returned from 14 tour of Omo valley tour starting from Jinka and hope my experiences help others who wanted to…
ATV (4-wheeler) needed

by ratbone 15 February 2012

I will be traveling to Ethiopia the last week in March. I will be spending 2 1/2 months living in Hamar villages between Dimeka and Turmi.…
ATV needed

by ratbone 14 February 2012

I will be traveling to Ethiopia the last week in March. I will be spending 2 1/2 months living in Hamar villages between Dimeka and Turmi.…
Re: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by ratbone 10 January 2012

Hello Uza---Thank you for your suggestion that I take copies of some of the pics that I took last summer. Guess what? I've already…
RE: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by uza 06 January 2012

Thanks for a kind answer. Give you a hint: print out portraits that you photographed in Turmi and take them with you. Try to find same…
Re: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by ratbone 31 December 2011

Hello Uza---in answer to your question asking what I intend to do for two months. Well, there are several villages between the towns…
RE: Backpacking around Scandinavia (mostly Sweden) with £2500?

by emilgil 28 December 2011

In western Norway, I'd worry more about constant rainfall and minuscule visibility than freezing temperatures. When I lived in Bergen…
RE: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by uza 27 December 2011

Just curious. What do you do in a village 2 months? Teacher? Doctor? Preast?
Re: Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by 2franko 19 December 2011

Hi , well, i know two guy from Switzerland who went to Dimeka and spent two month maybe they can answer your question . so you can write…
Visiting the Hamar Tribes

by ratbone 19 December 2011

I spent a couple of weeks this year in the Omo Valley. Had a fantastic time!! I am returning to Ethiopia early in March next year. I plan…
RE: Speaking Hamer-banna

by LizaD 01 November 2011

check out this site http://www.uni-mainz.de/Organisationen/SORC/content/view/59/41/ no dictionary/phrasebook of Hamar exists as far…
Trekking to see the tribal people in Omo valley!

by solomonkid 20 October 2011

Hey guys, Well, I am a guide from Lower Omo valley and I am focused in trekking because I believe there are many potential in Omo valley,…
Guide recommandation who spacalized in loer omo valley!

by dominicman 19 September 2011

Hello everyone, My name is Dominc, I am from France but I am living in UK. I have been travelling to the lower omo valley as backpacker…
#5 Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2011

by Lor 07 February 2011

#5 Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2011 #5 Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2011 My last day in Lalibela was lovely, starting with visiting the four churches that…
#5 Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2011

by Lor 07 February 2011

#5 Ethiopia, Feb. 6, 2011 My last day in Lalibela was lovely, starting with visiting the four churches that I hadn’t seen the day before.…
Accommodation recommendations

by Ed04 09 October 2010

Hi. I have the Bradt guidebook but would like accommodation recommendations from travellers regarding 'backpackers' favourites' that…
RE: Itinerary help and suggestions

by LizaD 27 July 2010

My first trip to Ethiopia in January 2009 was 26 days long and I did 4 days in Lalibela, 5 days in Bahir Dar and Gondar, 4 days in Harrar…
Between aid and stone age

by thorshammer 06 February 2010

Ethiopia – between development aid and the medieval …from Sudan on we went on our way through Ethiopia – we had planned to cross ri…
RE: need helpplanning trip to Omo valley but only have 7 days

by LizaD 05 August 2009

one way you could do is fly to Arba Minch, (arrange for a vehicle to wait for you there, most come from Addis, so a driver could get…
Re: uk- norway on a ferry ,or drive up sweden

by c3vrg 27 July 2009

Thanks to all, i do want to take my car it will be good fun ,I have been thinking to drive to harwich get the ferry accross to Esbjerg…
RE: 3 days in Irkutsk

by SunderlandMan 13 July 2009

hi there im recently back from baikal and i was in a similar situation. I had a night in Listvyanka (which was ok ) and then did a three…
Re: Dubai and Oman

by nightrox 07 April 2009

One option: Stay at the Arabian Court Hotel (or the Orient Guest House nearby, same owner), it's across the street from the Dubai Museum…
10 day Omo valley 4x4 tour dec-jan.

by talifrombelgium 07 December 2008

Hello, I'm still looking for people ( up to 3 ) for a budget 10- day 4x4 tour South and visit the tribes and markets. I'm arriving in…
The Best of Oslo, and Southern Norway (in November)?

by traveling_porcupine 13 October 2008

The Best of Oslo, and Southern Norway (in November)? Here is a "best of Southern Norway" list, and it could use a little bit of genuine…