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Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!


Real Name: Holly
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Ethiopia After Selaise

by hprior - last update: Sep 10, 2002

I arrived at night. It was cool and damp. The airport reminded me of the one in the movie about the Entebe hostage crisis in the 70's..dark, soldiers with machine guns, spotlights. I expected Idi Amin to appear. As I walked down the steps of the plane I began to wonder just what I had gotten myself into. Ethiopia was not a place that people visited.

I crossed the tarmac and entered a low plain building. What greeted me was not Idi but the most fascinating of faces...Ethiopia in all her beauty. The large eyes and long nose. This face that is so connected with this region smiled and welcomed me to his country. From that moment on I fell in love with a land that has struggled with such poverty, famine, Marxist-Lenninst ideals that don't work, yet still retains a dignity in her people.

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Comments for hprior about Ethiopia
SilverVelvet Mon Jan 7, 2002 19:16 UTC
 A great page. Tell us more?
maykal Thu Oct 25, 2001 18:41 UTC
 liked the monkey story!
l_joo Tue Sep 18, 2001 04:38 UTC
 Real Ethiopia experience
titti Sun Sep 9, 2001 21:00 UTC
 I like your insight!
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