From Lalibela to Addis

By Frieda

In the evening we went to the bus station to get some information on how to get best to Addis the next day. It seemed like the the best idea is to take the local bus to Woldia and then hope to catch a minibus to Addis. We were not sure if we could make it in one day and prepared to stay maybe one night in Woldia.

However, early the next mornig someone knocked on our door to tell us our taxi had arrived. Even though we did not arrange anything we got down to see a fancy jeep waiting in front of our hotel for us. A few locals explained to us that this car would go to Addis in one day and this would be what we would want. And in this point he was right J we thought quickly about it and decided that 800 Birr was the maximum that we were willing to pay altogether and that they could either take it or we would take the local bus. They wanted 1000 Birr and we agreed.

In the bus were already three people and the driver. The two of us cramped to the two other people on the back seat and started our journey. This was around 5:30 in the morning. Around 12 hours and several stops later we arrived after dusk in Addis and were very happy that we could have made it in only one day. By public transport you must be very lucky to make it in one day, it might even be impossible.