User:Gyrofrog/Ethiopia January 2010

In January 2010, my family and I visited Ethiopia, where we spent time in Nazareth (Adama), Shashemene, Wondo Genet and Awasa (but mainly in Nazareth). This page contains some of the photos from our trip. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 02:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Cuisine

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  Unidentified grain, perhaps barley.
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  Derkwash (sp.?), or dried injera. This is mixed with wat to make fer-fer, typically eaten at breakfast.

Berbere

Spices in preparation for making berbere. Clockwise from top left: nej asmud (white pepper), kororima, tikur asmud (black pepper), and abesh (possibly fenugreek). These and tchew (ጨው; salt) are added to dried, ground red pepper to make berbere. (Transliterations are approximate.)

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  Red peppers, drying in preparation for making berbere
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  More peppers, chopped and laid out for further drying.
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  Red onions drying in the sunlight (to prevent them from spoiling).
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  Whole korarima.
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  Korarima in a vessel for pulverizing and grinding.
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  Korarima. The ground seed is used as an ingredient in berbere.
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  Abesh, or abish, seed (fenugreek)

Wondo Genet

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  Unidentified mountain, Wondo Genet.
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  Church in Wondo Genet.
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  View from the rooftop patio in Wondo Genet.
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  View from the resort in Wondo Genet.
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  View from the resort in Wondo Genet.
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  View from the resort in Wondo Genet.
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  Hotel in Wondo Genet.
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  Unidentified mountain, near Wondo Genet (en route to Shashemene).

Awasa

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  Marabou storks being fed at a lakeside park in Awasa, Ethiopia.
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  Marabou storks at Lake Awasa.
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  Marabou storks at Lake Awasa.
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  Marabou storks at Lake Awasa.
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  Dining/meeting facility in the style of a tukul at Awasa.
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  Vervet monkey at lakeside park in Awasa.
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  Vervet by Lake Awasa.
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  Man feeding a guereza at lakeside park in Awasa.
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  View from lakeside park in Awasa.
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  Various waterfowl at Lake Awasa.
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  Ducks Egyptian geese at Lake Awasa. These geese also perch in trees.
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  Duck Egyptian goose in a tree next to Lake Awasa.
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  Tour boat on Lake Awasa
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  Various waterfowl at Lake Awasa.
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  Tour boat (foreground) and fishing boat (background) on Lake Awasa

Adama

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  View along the Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road.
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  Oromia Regional Government buildings. These were built when the regional capital was in Adama. The capital was (at least officially) moved to Addis Ababa in 2005.
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  Hotel in Adama.
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  The (normally) busy Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road. (This photo was taken on Genna, or Ethiopian Christmas, hence no traffic.)
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  View toward (approximate) northwest from Executive Hotel.
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  View toward (approximate) southwest from Executive Hotel.
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  Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
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  Saint Mary's Church.
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  Saint Mary's Church.
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  Interior of St. Mary's Church.
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  Bajaj auto rickshaws. These are replacing taxicabs. They emit malodorous exhaust but (presumably) get good mileage.