Searched the forum, without success for information about Hilton Hotel in Addis Abba. I will stay there for some days in November and I have to find out if there will be a problem to bring GF to the room.
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Pierre
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Searched the forum, without success for information about Hilton Hotel in Addis Abba. I will stay there for some days in November and I have to find out if there will be a problem to bring GF to the room.
B4N
Pierre
P Pierre,
In December 2002 I met up with a girl in the lobby coffee shop at the Hilton. She was able to get inside past security on her own. From the coffee shop to the elevators I don't recall any hotel staff that would have stopped up from going to guest rooms. I was actually staying in another hotel (the Ibex) at the time.
Sorry I don't have any experience with actually taking a girl up to a room at the Hilton. But from what I saw it didn't look like it was a problem at that time.
P Pierre:
There is no problem at all bringing women to the Hilton in Addis. You should remember to negotiate hard on your room rates, because they are fairly desperate for business ever since the Sheraton opened and replaced the Hilton as the best hotel in town.
There's a lobby bar in the Hilton that's frequented by working girls most evenings, and I have had some success there. They arrive about 6 and they're gone on to greener pastures by 8 so you have to hit the right timeframe. There are also women who hang out later in the evening in the piano bar off the lobby. Also, the best scene for SW is on the street directly behind the Hilton, though you will need to take a taxi to get there. Go to the bottom of the hill (left out of the entrance to the hotel) make the first left and go left again, and drive about 1-2 kms. along that street. I never sampled this action, though my friend frequented the street on several occassions, and was not disappointed.
Of course the hotel is only about 10 minutes driving from Concord and Memos, so the SW scene may not even be worth the effort.
GE
Hi guys, have to work for several months in Saudi Arabia. Can have all three weeks on week off. I would like than to go to Addis for mongering. So, far my plans.
What is with Visa, I`m German, can I just get a Visa at the airport, or do I need to ask before in the Ethiopian Embassy in Riad?
Have read there that many woman got cut their clits, so how they act in bed compare to not cutted girls?
Have read that Analsex is not very common in Addis, had someone convinced his girl to try it nevertheless?
Thanks in advance for answering this questions.
You will need to get a visa before you go, and you can get one in a day from any Ethiopian Embassy. As a rule, you cannot get a visa in the airport unless it's arranged beforehand by an Ethiopian contact, and even with that, it's a large hassle.
The cutting is reserved for Muslims, and the Orthodox Christians do not practice it. In all the time I was there, I only met one girl who had been cut, and she was actually from Somalia. As to anal sex, I was never able to convince any of the women I was with to try it, and neither could any of my friends in Addis. It is not common practice in Ethiopia and unless you get really lucky, I doubt you will find it.
I spent 2 years in Addis and 20 years in Africa. While cliterectomies are often associated with Muslim practice in many parts of Africa, in Ethiopia it is common to both Christians and Muslims, although less so with urbanized, educated girls. I encountered it often among Orthodox Christian Ethiopian women, unfortunately. As far as how behavior in bed is concerned, it depends on how extensive the cutting is. There is a whole range of practices, some of them are quite severe and debilitating, unfortunately. In general, I found that Ethiopian women like sex, but prefer to keep it basic. Oral sex, for example, was usually not on offer, except from pros. It is definitely not necessary to go the pro route.
Thank you for the Visa GoodEnough. I guess I will have to be happy just with vaginal and oral sex in Addis. But, after a few weeks in Saudi I will not more have such sophisticated wishes, like Analsex.
I guess our experiences are just different. I spent two years in Ethiopia, was based in Addis, and travelled reasonably extensively in the country. As I said before, in all of that time, I only met one woman who had a clitorectomy, and she turned out to be dynamite in bed. I did not realize that the Orthodox Christians engaged in this type of barbarous practice, but thanks for letting me know. It somehow changes my perspective a bit, and I guess my respect for them has diminished somewhat as a result.
Like you, I found the sex readily available, but pretty basic. Though I must admit that a couple of girlfriends that I had while there responded very well to patient tutoring in the oral sex department. I never did know of a single guy who was able to achieve anal sex in Ethiopia however. Strangely enough, I found the Eritreans in and around Asmara less inhibited than the Ethiopian girls. Maybe that's a result of being in the Army and fighting, with the men, in the trenches against the Ethiopians.
GE
[QUOTE=DG69]Hi guys, have to work for several months in Saudi Arabia. Can have all three weeks on week off. I would like than to go to Addis for mongering. So, far my plans.
What is with Visa, I`m German, can I just get a Visa at the airport, or do I need to ask before in the Ethiopian Embassy in Riad?
Have read there that many woman got cut their clits, so how they act in bed compare to not cutted girls?
Have read that Analsex is not very common in Addis, had someone convinced his girl to try it nevertheless?
Thanks in advance for answering this questions.[/QUOTE]
Nowadays it is possible to receive a Visa at the Bole airport. It is even cheaper as if you apply for one in your country. You have to pay in Birr, but it is no problem, since you can change at the airport even in the middle of the night. The whole process does not take very much time, you have to wait for your baggage anyhow.
As for infibulation, it is even common amongst orthodox Ethiopians, here, "Good Enough" is wrong. I am surprised he never explored dduring 2 years time. There are different degrees, i am sure you will find out by yourself.
Good Enough did not mention when he was last in Addis Ababa but I think the visa process has changed since he was. My experience relates to last month.
If you are from somewhere like the USA, Canada and most countries of the European Union (including Germany) you can now get a visit visa at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. The cost is 20 U.S. dollars. Be sure to have U.S. notes because they do not accept other currencies (by the way, you will also need to pay 20 dollars on departure).
Visas are issued in the arrivals area before passport control. There are two windows: first go to the window on the right and hand in your passport, then pay your 20 bucks at the other window. Finally, return to the first window to collect your passport. You are now finished and do not need to get in line for passport control checks.
The visa issuing process can be slow if there are a lot of people arriving. Request a seat near the front of the aircraft so you can get ahead of the posse on arrival.
You can check up-to-date visa information by calling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Addis Ababa. They speak English and are very helpful. Your hotel or other contact in Addis should be able to get the number.
I was able to get a visa on arrival twice, most recently in April of this year. This may have been because I'm resident in a country (UAE) that doesn't have an Ethiopian embassy or consulate. But I seem to remember people from places in Europe that would figure to have Ethiopian embassies also getting their visas on arrival.
It does involve waiting around for half an hour or more, so for that reason it may be worth getting a visa in advance.
The cost was something like $10 worth of birr. Again the fact of coming from somewhere with no Ethiopian diplomats moderated the price.
In spite of never being in Africa, I have a large experience in African women here in Roma (Italy),where a plenty of African expats live.
The so called FGM (female genital mutilation) is a typical tradition of the tribal Africa and has no direct connection with the religons (apart the animism).
The kind of mutilation changes from country to country and can change even in the same country from tribe to tribe.
In Somalia and some countries around it,the clytorectomy is accompanied by the total cutting of the external lips and the surgery of the whole vulve.A secondary verginity is so created.It is called infibulation or locally 'sunna'.
Otherwhere,such as in West Africa,they are used to cut totally or partially the clytoris,wich is common in almost every subsaharian countries.
But it has nothing to do with Islam, on the contrary it is more usual in the christian-animist regions.
I report a table - see attachement - with the % ratio of mutilated women in the several Nigerian states.As you notize, states as Katsina,Sokoto,Kaduna,Kano - wich are muslim - present a much lower % then other christian ones.(But don't enjoy about it:in Katsina they stone adulterous women!).
So don't be amazed if a Christian - Orthodox country as Ethiopia (the religion is the same of Greece and Russia) practisize the clytorectomy and the polygamy like any other subsaharian land.
Well, gentleman, in my eyes Ethiopia is paradise.
I like the historical sights but mostly I like it because the girls.
I was able to find easily girls in any town (Addis, Lalibela, Gondar, Bahar Dar, Butadjira, Debre Zeit, Ambo, Dire Dawa, Harar).
I always went evenings in some bar. I newer had any problem to take any girl in the hotel with. I newer had any problem in any hotel. No one asked for some special payment to bring girl with.
Price was usually 10 to 15 USD per night. Usually they refuse to stay shorter then the whole night, because they do not like to walk in night alone in the streets.
The girls were usually not so much in oral sex (quite often the first reaction was laugh), but some get used to it after some time.
I like anal sex and I was quite successful to have it in Ethiopia. Roughly in 50% of cases I was successful. I was polite. In the bed (usually after the first “round”) I asked for anal sex. Firstly they were surprised, but some 25% agreed instantly and another 25% of them agreed when I paid them 5 to 10 USD more.
Sex was often quite good.
I will go back for sure.
[QUOTE=Mahku]I was able to get a visa on arrival twice, most recently in April of this year. This may have been because I'm resident in a country (UAE) that doesn't have an Ethiopian embassy or consulate..."
Regards,
Fares
PhD Fares,
Yes, it's possible there may be one there now. At the time of my first trip in December of '02 I did internet research and found out that the nearest one was in Saudi.
Also on arrival at Addis airport on that trip the immigration people there told me that there is no Ethiopian diplomatic office in the UAE.
I could never understand why they wouldn't have anything here. A trip to the York bar or the Garage is evidence enough of the Ethiopian presence here.
But anyway it's great if they have one now. Dubai is going gangbusters with tourists and other business so every country in the world should have a consulate here. The Philippines also just opened a new one here this year.