http://www.gnttravel.info Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:06:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.gnttravel.info/2012/02/arriving-in-ethiopia/#comment-77 Brian Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:06:07 +0000 http://www.gnttravel.info/?p=37#comment-77 I stayed at the HIlton with Hayat for nine days last November, and ate in the rnutasraets a couple of times, and ordered room service every day.Getting sick was something I was determined to avoid, because I was there in Addis by myself with a new baby (and if I got sick, I didn't want to have to take her back to the orphanage!). So, I, too, used the liquid hand sanitizer like a fiend. I also washed the bottled water bottles with bottled water and detergent (!!!) before using them sometimes the outsides of the bottles were pretty nasty. I ordered doro wat key (spicy, not the doro wat alicha which is mild) from room service several times knowing that it was stewed for hours and it arrived very hot, so I felt comfortable eating it. By the way, it was FANTASTIC. Wow. I also ate a chicken pasta dish in the restaurant downstairs, and had Thanksgiving dinner there they had a buffet featuring 1001 takes on turkey, including a roast turkey. I tried to keep to the stewed dishes (there was a delicious turkey curry) and away from fresh fruits or vegetables or cold dairy stuff. Anyway, it all worked out great. I did not get sick and I was in Addis for 3 weeks.I should also add that I brought food with me and I had many inelegant meals of fruit cups and tuna salad kits. But it was all worth it!!Oh, and the room service coffee at the Hilton is the best coffee I have ever drunk. Ever. And I think it was a whopping 13 birr for the coffee and hot milk, a large carafe of hot water for bottles, plus the room service delivery combined. I stayed at the HIlton with Hayat for nine days last November, and ate in the rnutasraets a couple of times, and ordered room service every day.Getting sick was something I was determined to avoid, because I was there in Addis by myself with a new baby (and if I got sick, I didn’t want to have to take her back to the orphanage!). So, I, too, used the liquid hand sanitizer like a fiend. I also washed the bottled water bottles with bottled water and detergent (!!!) before using them sometimes the outsides of the bottles were pretty nasty. I ordered doro wat key (spicy, not the doro wat alicha which is mild) from room service several times knowing that it was stewed for hours and it arrived very hot, so I felt comfortable eating it. By the way, it was FANTASTIC. Wow. I also ate a chicken pasta dish in the restaurant downstairs, and had Thanksgiving dinner there they had a buffet featuring 1001 takes on turkey, including a roast turkey. I tried to keep to the stewed dishes (there was a delicious turkey curry) and away from fresh fruits or vegetables or cold dairy stuff. Anyway, it all worked out great. I did not get sick and I was in Addis for 3 weeks.I should also add that I brought food with me and I had many inelegant meals of fruit cups and tuna salad kits. But it was all worth it!!Oh, and the room service coffee at the Hilton is the best coffee I have ever drunk. Ever. And I think it was a whopping 13 birr for the coffee and hot milk, a large carafe of hot water for bottles, plus the room service delivery combined.

]]> http://www.gnttravel.info/2012/01/gev-in-ethiopia-whats-it-all-about/#comment-75 Muhammadh Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:44:39 +0000 http://www.gnttravel.info/?p=20#comment-75 - Oh man, I do not know about the tea, but you can get some killer coefefs from around there. I know they know how to grow them, but I do not know how well they would make it.The Muslim call to prayer would be interesting, but I would be the first to high tail it into the Orthodox prayers. I would not be in English, though, so you would pretty much need to know what they were saying (from reading the prayers yourself in English) to know what was going on. There are some powerful prayers in the mornings. - Oh man, I do not know about the tea, but you can get some killer coefefs from around there. I know they know how to grow them, but I do not know how well they would make it.The Muslim call to prayer would be interesting, but I would be the first to high tail it into the Orthodox prayers. I would not be in English, though, so you would pretty much need to know what they were saying (from reading the prayers yourself in English) to know what was going on. There are some powerful prayers in the mornings.

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