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Archive for May, 2010

What do you do sir?

We have concluded that I’m not a doctor, despite the fact that I’m a tall handsome man who wears white gown and works in the hospital. So what is it that I actually do?
Well the most obvious thing is – if a medical device breaks down – we (me and my “mentor”) check what’s wrong [...]

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A lot of stuff going, especially with the salsa, piano lessons, gym and work of course. Then I’ve, been a bit sick the last few days – thank God I’m working in a hospital. A few blood tests later it was concluded: I didn’t have any infection. No Malaria. My stomach didn’t have any weird [...]

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Debra zeit

Just got back from this small city, Debra zeit, 45km from Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa, where I live, is quite a metropolitan city (pictures in a previous post). Debra zeit is a smaller city which is a lot calmer with a lot of nature.

My travel company.

It is however here, that I saw [...]

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Crib and more

A lot of people have been asking me about my accommodation. To be very concise: My accommodation is awesome! Since pictures say more than than thousand words, I’m now publishing a bunch of pictures of “my crib”:

The outside, with “ma car”. Picture of the door (No idea why I took that picture). Anywho! Pictures of [...]

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is back after, yet another, Salsa class. Thank God for the latinas.

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Checking out gyms

The other day I went to see another gym – Bole Rock - a gym with a swimming pool. I am, as you might have understood in the process of trying to find different gyms and then determine which one to join.

Aerobics room and to the right the sports bar that [...]

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has been gracefully moving his hips in Salsa today.

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Strolling down Bole road was pretty sweet and happening. Too happening to cover it all in one post. So now I’m continuing with that…

More random pics. The security guard (in black coat) in the “friendship mall” asked me to take a picture of her and her friend – after which she requested me to [...]

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It gets dark here pretty early – 6pmish. And since much pretty all the streetlights are dysfunctional (if they exist at all) – it gets really dark. “My crib” is quite a distance (not walking distance) to the market area and the happening stuff. For that reason the last few days have been pretty boring: [...]

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Landing in a hot third world country can be overwhelming. The heat, the crowd, the noise all combine to make your experience horrible. Take India for example. I’m overwhelmed by the heat, the terrible smell, the sweaty people, you name it. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is nothing like that. Yes, I met some wierdos, and was [...]

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