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09-26-19 01:17 #1971
Posts: 149Kitfo surprise!
Originally Posted by JohnClayton [View Original Post]
I couldn't bring myself to click on the link in case it had pictures. Tapeworm is common in Ethiopia, to be fair more in the rural areas, but every Chemist in Addis has treatment, posters, warnings etc, which sort of conveys some kind of message about its prevalence.
Stick to a well cooked burger is Sishu's and you'll be fine. That could be a restaurant tip there for a hungry nomad.
When eating tradtional ask for your kitfo to be "lebleb" or slightly cooked. I've eaten all sorts of stuff over the last half dozen trips and never contracted anything serious. Except a micro brewery outside Edna Mall called Bole Microbrewery (not the Beer Garden) gave me the squitters for a couple of days. And last time badly washed traditional coffee cups did same thing in the "Intercontinental" in Kasanchi's, but for a lesser period.
Still if you actually want to see a different culture, go for it, as it is genuinely different, and genuinely untouched. Right now, I'd take advice about going outside Addis as a ferengi. I'm just not sure travel to Lalibela, Gondar etc is behaving normally. Some of the Habesher posters will be able to give you up to date advice.
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09-25-19 15:50 #1970
Posts: 748Originally Posted by JohnAuro [View Original Post]
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09-25-19 08:25 #1969
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by JohnAuro [View Original Post]
I travel a lot but this is my first Sub Saharan trip and I look forward to a new experience hopefully without meeting any tapeworms.
Will post my experiences and who knows maybe first time lucky will apply.
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09-25-19 07:26 #1968
Posts: 363AA / Most street girls won't take their clothes off by default,
Originally Posted by DarrenGap [View Original Post]
The only thing: tapeworm I think exist only with pork meat which there isn't, but anyhow enough other things to get your stomach spoiled.
John.
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09-25-19 02:06 #1967
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by DarrenGap [View Original Post]
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09-25-19 01:37 #1966
Posts: 149Originally Posted by JohnAuro [View Original Post]
Caustic, sulfurous food, the national delicacy is raw meat eaten with hands. In Africa. Watch out for that tapeworm!
Oh and water and power. And mobile and internet coverage. And the "state of emergency" and recent coup attempt.
On your own you will be approached by drunks, bums, pan handlers and the guys who know "some girls having a party for Haile Selassies birthday". Tip: don't go.
English speaking hookers in upmarket hotels will insist it is $300 dollars a pop. Sometimes people brag about getting them down to $80 or $100. Still about 4 or 5 times too much.
Outside of the good hotels some of the short time rooms need to be seen to be believed. Hygiene is a bottle of water and a small plastic bucket or empty paint can. Once you've done the deed, she'll throw some water over herself and then relieve herself in the bucket. (Okay, those aren't the $300 hookers, more the 500 bir street meat).
Most street girls won't take their clothes off by default, you'll have to negotiate (in Amharic) to ensure they get naked.
Most of the city is actually closed by around 9 pm as there is and't a lot of money to throw around in the evenings, except by the drunks in the red light areas apparently.
You'll see the big aid organisations in the three or four top hotels, shuttled round in UN white land cruisers, on their expense account salaries, but you may not see any other mongers, unless you bump into me or some of the other esteemed members of this forum. And we won't identify ourselves unless you know the secret handshake.
If you like a challenge, and are good with people and can talk your way out of a situation, not worried by being the only foreigner on the street, a keen negotiator, not looking for a single minute of GFE, but have an insatiable appetite for low end monger action with buxom african beauties (and the occasional moose) then maybe, just maybe its for you.
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09-24-19 22:40 #1965
Posts: 363Addis is not Bankok
Hi Francissacas, as Darren said, there are no new Clubs, there are no new hot spots, nothing has changed which was not already written before.
And compared to Thailand, you will run around alone, never meet anybody else, I never ever saw any other monger around, just massage salons without any other customer to be seen, if I enter one of these cheap Kazachis bars, never ever met any other Caucasian, except some young local boys. You will sit alone in these places and be obliged to help yourself. ! OK Sherato or Hilton Bar might be different.
Concerning car with driver, there are signes around at travel agenies and car rent, or just google. But we use UBER or local taxi or have our own cars as residents.
And if you have been ther the last few weeks: cold rain every day at 2200 meters altitude with 8 Celcius in the moring!
John.
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09-24-19 15:56 #1964
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by Franciscass [View Original Post]
Best place to rent car plus driver.
Good hotel Bole. Reasonably fast WiFi and good selection TV channels. Price point 2000 to 2500 per night.
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09-24-19 09:41 #1963
Posts: 15Originally Posted by DarrenGap [View Original Post]
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09-23-19 02:02 #1962
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by DarrenGap [View Original Post]
I have RTFF, I agree there is a lot there going back to the beginning of the year. I have taken notes but an up to date recent brief summary is always appreciated. New shops open, new girls appear, girls change shops, pricing changes etc. No problem though, I'm sure I will pick it up as I go along, it's just nice when somebody is willing to suggest where to currently find the best experiences.
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09-22-19 14:56 #1961
Posts: 149Originally Posted by Franciscass [View Original Post]
Multiple reports by multiple members of the board cover the MP scene, giving name, pricing, and procedural details.
Don't be fooled: Ethiopia is nothing like Thailand from a development perspective, the girls attitude perspective.
Don't be the guy who "pays extra" for nothing.
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09-21-19 05:12 #1960
Posts: 1222First Trip
I have read through the forum to get a feel of the scene in Addis. Compared to Thailand where I am based its quite low keyed but interesting enough to have some expectations. Although I have RTFF if somebody has the time to answer some questions I would greatly appreciate some guidance.
How does it work at the massage shops.
1 Can you pick from a line up.
2. How is payment made.
3 Are extras offered or do you have to ask.
4. What are usual prices for HJ BJ FS.
5 Is BJ usually be. Are some girls slim rather than big booty.
6 Which shops are top rated for looks, service and surroundings. I don't mind paying extra.
Thanks in anticipation.
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09-19-19 23:16 #1959
Posts: 149Awassa vs Bahar Dar
Originally Posted by Kib123 [View Original Post]
Which is best for our hobby Bahar Dar or Awassa?
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09-17-19 13:29 #1958
Posts: 24Habesha
Originally Posted by Kib123 [View Original Post]
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09-17-19 04:39 #1957
Posts: 410Originally Posted by Zupahfly [View Original Post]