Debra zeit
May 23rd, 2010 by V Singh
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 how poor people actually are. But still people live their lives joyfully and play foosball and whatever else they do 
This hoarse obviously had stomach problems… Just like I had in that city..
Random people requesting to have their pictures taken
This kid and the dog became my models for testing the different settings on my camera. The aperture setting, trying with and without the flash etc. I probably have 100 pictures of these two.
Now going there, yesterday, took about 1.5 hour due to traffic, but today I managed to travel 35km in less than 20 minutes. That’s an average speed of 105km/h. On a road in Africa. I wasn’t expecting the roads to be in such a good condition, and I could’ve easily managed to travel 40km in 20 minutes, if it wasn’t for the traffic police who thought I drove too fast. Yes, my Ethiopian license has been withdrawn, and I got a fine. That is quite an achievement considering I haven’t gotten my Swedish license withdrawn after driving in Sweden for almost three years (despite causing 2-3 car accidents and what not). Actually when I think about it – I’m not a very safe driver when it comes to long distances (I guess)
Considering that I’ll get the license back tomorrow after appearing at court and
paying 140 birr (equivalent of approx $10) – it’s not too bad. But I would’ve preferred not getting caught to begin with. Bohoo