011 – Dubai dreaming

Constructions going on around Bole Medhane  Alem. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

010 – Any plan for tonight?

If you don’t have yet a plan for tonight, you could go to the Ambassador theatre and enjoy a movie in amharic. Later, the Illusion club (red top on the right) will let you dance till late. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

009 – Big yellow buses

Barrows selling fruits of only yellow color in Meganagna bus station.

Probably there were some kind of restrictions on the color of food you could take inside the buses.
If not, selling deep red tomatoes could have been a nice strategy to differentiate your barrow. Ok, you could not squeeze them to get a juice, like with the oranges, but with the right tools you could get a nice bloody mary. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

008 – Yellow

Temporary street market close to Meganagna bus station.
It seems the color of the day was yellow. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

007 – Dress properly

Meskel celebrations (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

006 – Don’t book Meskel tickets on Groupon

In Addis Ababa the Meskel celebrations take place in the central Meskel square. The half-moon square is surrounded by huge not-very-stable billboards where people climb on pylons to have a better view. Some manage to get it, some not. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

005 – FB update: “Ladies we r #Meskel where r u?”

Crowd waiting for the beginning of Meskel celebrations (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

004 – Eat pray climb

Boys climbing on pylons to watch the Meskel celebrations going on in the square (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

003 – A special point of view

People hanging on billboard to watch the Meskel ceremony (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

002 – Getting ready for Meskel

Crowd starting to gather to celebrate Meskel (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)