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Tourist Trap: NO DIET COKE!
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Despite having a burgeoning Tourist Market and having a capital city with 3+ million people and a huge international airport, you will be unable to find Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet 7-Up or any diet soda drinks. Why? I have no idea. I have been to Ethiopia twice now and have NEVER found diet drinks in any bar, restaurant, supermarket or corner shop.
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Bring your own supply of diet drinks or switch to fruit juice. That can be found cheaply and easily everywhere!
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Tourist Trap: SAVE YOUR RECEIPTS !
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If you are flying out of Bole International Airport you will need to show your receipt(s) if you want to change Birr back to your chosen currency. Make sure you keep your receipts from anywhere you have bought Birr as they will ask to see them. If you go over the amount of currency they allow to be changed back – do not panic. Just find ANYONE with a passport and they can change the rest for you. I had a fellow traveller ask me for help and the man in the exchange office took note of my passport and then exchanged a further amount for my now grateful fellow traveller.
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Tourist Trap: DO NOT GET CAUGHT WITHOUT !
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I would suggest that you travel with some of those baby wipes and/or toilet tissue or just plain paper tissue. All too often you will find modern flush toilets, but no paper! You will see all sorts of substitutes that have been used by your fellow humans in the waste basket. Be prepared and you will never be caught out.
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Tourist Trap: POSTING ITEMS TO ETHIOPIA
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If you are thinking about sending someone in Ethiopia items by the post – watch out! The official duty rates in Ethiopia for the importation of goods is generally 100%! Be careful what you send or the person receiving any goods or gifts may not be able to afford to receive it! If it is a used item, declare this clearly on the Customs Declaration. They pay less tax. It is often better to send cash and let your friends source the item locally. You can use Western Union for larger money transfers.
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Tourist Trap: FOREX CLOSES AT LUNCH
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It may only be a minor convenience, but the Foreign Exchange desks at all the banks close for lunch from 12pm-1pm. That’s 6pm-7pm using an Ethiopian clock. Plan accordingly as it may mess up any scheduled activities you have.
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sachara Mon May 12, 2008 07:47 UTC
Hi DAO ! Nice you bring me back to Addis by your tips. My visit there was too short to see and experience so much as you did. See you soon in Karlsruhe ! | Tom_In_Madison Mon May 5, 2008 13:59 UTC
Check out this error I just got: 3013 - "ERROR: DAO Error Encountered: Record is too large." when Exporting a SAS Dataset to the MS Access File Format | dylanger Tue Apr 29, 2008 06:54 UTC
I found the same thing... But then, I realized that they don't have "diet" anything, cuz unllike Americans, they are not gluttons, and I never saw a fat person the whole time, they seemed quite perplexed that we would actually need a diet drink! | nora_south_africa Wed Apr 23, 2008 18:28 UTC
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