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Re: IMPORTANT New Visa info!!!
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
It looks pretty likely the Bole option will remain open for the foreseeable future:

http://bra...

RE: Ethiopia Visa extension
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
By the way the visa issued at Bole is 3 months, (but strictly single entry - so if you want to vi...

Re: Ethiopia Visa extension
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
Quick update to this that would have been useful to me yesterday. I just got an extension 10 days...

RE: Possible to buy dollars in Djibouti? Anyone used UK visa?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Thanks very much for the quick and helpful replies.

fluffy_bunny - I'm sure it is possible, bu...

RE: Mastercard in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Thanks to iggyab for clarifying my confusing post.

RE: Mastercard in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
My Visa works in CBE, but my Mastercards are similarly declined. As their withdrawal limit is 400...

Re: Mastercard in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Sorry to not have noticed these replies. My card does have a magnetic strip, but when the ATM rea...

RE: Money in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Quick update - the Dashen ATMs have a limit of 5000 on the first transaction of the day, then 400...

Possible to buy dollars in Djibouti? Anyone used UK visa?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Hi all,

I'm planning a trip from Ethiopia to Djibouti to Somaliland back to Ethiopia. My bigge...

RE: Money in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
This is a fantastic post thanks, but you cannot rely on Mastercard in Ethiopia, at least curren...

Mastercard in Ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Dashen ATMs do accept Mastercard, but their ATMs use only the magnetic strip, not the newer chip ...

RE: Harar safe for travel? (Jan. 2012)
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Embassies are worth checking - they are occasionally conservative and/or out of date, but I was r...

Re: excellent guide recommendation for lower omo valley ethiopia
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Feb 1, 2013
Brilliant post, thank you very much. Very useful for me, (their office is directly below my hotel...

RE: Nigerian visa - letter of invitation?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 29, 2013
I sent copies of my cards and statements but modified the images so that no identifiable informat...

RE: Nigerian visa - letter of invitation?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 29, 2013
Hi, thanks hugely iamsecond for your reassuring advice!

I found a few services that would do t...

Nigerian visa - letter of invitation?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 29, 2013
Dear all,

I'm in London trying to get a tourist visa to visit Nigeria, but the website insists...