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General Tips: Money, Telefon, Internet, Time
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  • Ethiopia - Churchill Ave in Adis Ababa
  • Churchill Ave in Adis Ababa
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  • Favorite Thing: Money – No credit cards are accepted except in expensive hotesl in Addis Ababa! There are ATMs but they only accept cards of Ethiopian banks.

    Telefon – Mobilfon network is only in Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar but not for Vodafon. Long distance calls are available from Telcommunication offices and privat phlone shops and cost about 3 $ a minute.

    Internet – In April 2004 there had been only two servers in the country and so it was more expensive the further you are away from the server. The cheapest places were in the capital where it cost about 0.20 Birr a minute

    Time - Ethiopians have there own time, counting from sunrise to sunset so that a day only has 12 hours. 6 am European time is 0.00 o`clock, midday is 6 o`clock and 6pm is 12 o`clock Ethiopian time! Clear?


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    General Tips: Dashen Beer
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  • Favorite Thing: Dashen Beer is delicious, especially Dashen draft beer which is only half price!


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    Comments for frockland about Ethiopia
    ClaudiaHirsch Wed Jun 6, 2007 11:26 UTC
     Congratulations to your Ethio-comments! I am Claudia from Austria and living with my brother now in Addis Ababa since Feb 07. Please see also my site for additional "beggar-issues", ethics, tips, etc: http://members.chello.at/claudita.hirsch/EthioTips.htm
    leonik Sat Mar 17, 2007 04:46 UTC
     you're so right about those darned fleas! had it really bad in Lalibela! picked them up from those churches i guess. and I wondered what sawdust was doing on the floor of some buses. thankfully those who got sick managed to hurl outta the window in time!
    crewrower Fri Aug 4, 2006 17:01 UTC
     your tips about being overcharged and dual pricing on menus could be like China or so many parts of developing world (interesting) I like the way you deal with it. ohh...and the fleas! yikes
    Wafro Wed Feb 1, 2006 08:50 UTC
     Begging and annoying kids is a common problem in many parts of Africa. But the way you solve the problem is the best and funniest way to interact. Great page GRTZ
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