Archive for October, 2006

…and, we’re back

Posted 30th October 2006 at 11:56 am

Whooooa…nice and long…wait, short vacation :-) Can’t imagine how fast 3 weeks went by so fast! I did enjoy myself though. Spent a week in Lusaka, where I also had the chance to check out the first Fashion Week event for Zambian designers! Really enjoyed the show and I wish the organizers and designers all the best as preparations for next year’s event are already underway and I’m sure it’ll be an even bigger event! Also, went down to Jo’burg for some shopping and partying for a weekend with my cousins. Returned to Lusaka for a few days & here are a few pictures I took along the way…Chillin' at the beach in FreetownWaiting to get onto the ferry from Lungi to FreetownView from my hotel room in Freetown...At the airport in Addis waiting to take off for AccraFashion Week Zambia...

In transit

Posted 5th October 2006 at 9:10 am

Blogging from Addis Ababa, it’s past one o’clock in the morning…just got into the hotel after my flight from Accra was delayed by two hours! I must say, Addis done changed since the last time I was here in 2000.

The first thing I noticed of course was the new Addis international airport…very nice, very very nice! Well done Ethiopia. It’s definitely bigger and better than the last time I was here; the design is definitely on par with some of the best airports on the continent…simply lovely.

When I was booking my flights this time around, I decided to take a break from the usual Accra - Narobi - Lusaka route and it’s good that I did that. Glad to be back in Addis even though it’s only for a few hours as I have to be back at the airport in the next 5 hours…was supposed to link up with my cousin and aunts had we arrived at the scheduled time of 9:30PM. Hopefully, the trip back to West Africa in a couple of weeks will give me more time to hang around the city albeit for a few more hours than I have now.

Will blog some more once I touch down in Zed.