Random airport shots: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

These shot were taken about 3 years ago now randomly while on transit at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia :ethiopia:

iPhone photography

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Nice sharp and clear photos @Nuhuu . Good to see no flat tires there!

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Thank you @AdamGT :pray:t4: :pray:t4:

haha flat tyres = no smooth landing

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Hello @Nuhuu ,

Thank you for sharing. I believe travel adventures always begin at the airport. For this reason, I also take photos before leaving for a new destination. I want to remember the excitement. :slightly_smiling_face:

Do you always take photos at the ariport? Can you tell us more about your trip and the story behind these photos? What made you think of them after 3 years?

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Hi @Ekattotii ,

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, I always take pictures of new places especially starting with airports. Most of these pictures I don’t necessarily like them at that moment, but whenever I come back to them it brings back the memory/experience of the places. I am not so well traveled though I love to travel at any opportunity I get and I get excited about it.

This picture up here was on transit when I had a layover in Addis Ababa while I was going to Doha, Qatar. I spent the night there and it was a splendid experience. It was my first time there i really loved the weather there, it was pretty much cooler than my country I guess it could be because of their abundance green lands which you could see even before landing. That was the first time in my life I was in a temperature below 10 degrees C.

I enjoyed my rides with the local drivers whom always had Ethiopian ‘kignit’ songs playing on their radio, a very nice sense of culture. They were as inquisitive as I was, always eager to learn about where I came from, most of them said they knew Nigeria but they didn’t think I was from there because they didn’t usually meet people from my region as Nigeria is very populous and diverse. It is quite a travel hub for Nigerians because they usually connect us to other cities since we currently have no national airlines that connect to many international destinations.

I wanted to try their local food that night but didn’t want to risk myself to any form of nausea because I was only laying over at a hotel they gave us. As we went to get food with the friend I made, an Ivorian, that was when I learnt that Ethiopians never eat with their left hands though I can’t recall the reason why.

My flight had all female air hostesses and they were very welcoming, the same as the locals their too, always wearing white traditional cloth. I saw them as I passed by local shops and small community markets.

Although these are pictures I got from videos I took saved in my computer. I hope they are manageable.

This is a city I would really love to explore more as I see them rooted deep in culture.