Sometimes we traveled from Ambo to Addis Ababa. Internet service in Addis was better. However, because it would take 3 to 4 hours traveling by bus, or 6 to 7 hours round trip, we would sometimes stay overnight at the Swedish Philadelphia Church (SPCA) guest house. 
When there was no room for us to stay in an upstairs room, we would lodge in one of the rooms below the house. See a door on your left before the stairs? They also have rooms in the back, which had a private kitchen & living room.
Missionary friends from Canada
Nice view from SPCA.
Addis Ababa - capital of Ethiopia.
Looking from Piazza area, you see the blue mini-bus taxis line up to pick up passengers in Addis Ababa to travel down Churchill Road. Since we were among the few missionaries without use of a vehicle, we used public transportation. We would try to avoid the hassle of dealing with "ferengi" prices from the smaller cabs. They liked to keep the windows closed and keep fresh air out - difficult for us, so that "it" would not get them! They advertise Ethiopia as having 13 months of sunshine (maybe in the desert areas) but there is not much sunshine during the "krempt" rainy season from June to October. July 2005
Evelyn by the Piazza Fountain - Sept 2003
From the balcony of an area in Piazza where there were internet cafes and small shops. Notice the satellite dish.
Children selling pkgs of gum, kleenex, etc., at Piazza Mall
View overlooking Addis.
Children selling on the street - they are everywhere.
Orthodox priest. The Ethiopian Orthodox church is very big. Many people are bound by a non-Christian "religious" spirit. They like to worship Mary, angels, John the Baptist, and even things. They tell people they have the "Ark of the Covenant", but they keep it from public view. The "priests" will use witchcraft, and they do NOT like to use the name of Jesus.
One of many transportation hubs around the different areas of Addis, providing blue mini-bus taxi and bus service. This is Meganagna hub.
Construction site near Selem Children's Village. Women work at many of these sites. Notice the eucalyptus poles.
Selem Children's Village on the road to CMC, near Civil Service College, is an orphanage founded by an Ethiopian woman who herself had been adopted by missionaries. It is very self-sufficient with its own school, open to the community, and producing its own vegetables. It also has a large greenhouse to sell their greenery. They have been very successful, with a major garden plot using drip irrigation, dairy cattle for milk, and bio-gas to cook with. They bake and train young ladies who prepare lunches which they serve to the public in their restaurant.
Ethiopia has a beautiful climate for growing flowers. Internationals have seen this and lately greenhouses have popped up cultivating flowers to be sold overseas. Along with coffee - Ethiopia is reputed to be the home of coffee - it is becoming one of the country's major exports.
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