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Jimma is the gateway to an area of Ethiopia that was covered with a thick layer of forest which was sparsely populated, full of mountains, rivers, waterfalls and Black and White Colobus Monkeys. Indeed there were herds of elephants, along with much other wildlife. It was these forests that were home to the original strains […]
Ethiopia has just moved into 2008, on the 12th September 2015 by most of the world’s calendar. For three years in four the Ethiopian New Year comes on 11th September, but 2007 being a leap year there was an extra day popped on the end of the year, thus moving the New Years day to […]
Today is the big annual Rufael (Raphael) day -one of the archangels and the protector of pregnant women in the Ethiopian Church! The rain that fell heavily this morning is taken as a blessed and holy rain – and it is a well received blessing. Rufael falls on the 3rd day of Pagume which is the 13th […]
How about waking up to see the Agame mountains in Tigray lit up with the early morning sun? In some areas, the new learners have received great scores due viagra online in uk to this reason. ErectoMax is something that overzealous viagra buy usa customers buy in hopes that it will solve their sexual problems and […]
As this year starts out with a leap day in the Ethiopian Calendar, up until March all dates are one day later (for example New Year is on September 12th). For those that have not had it before it is a must for anyone living or working here. 1/ Ethiopian dates are clearly markers in […]
“A veritable monsoon!” Is how I often describe it, and it is. Its cause is the same weather patterns that cause the monsoon to sweep up through India – monsoon is the Indian word for their rainy season and kremt is the Amharic word. And rather like the monsoon in India it does not rain all […]
The new calendar which starts on 1st September 2015 and runs till August 2016, is just being finalised. Copies should be available from Monday 17th August.For those that have not seen this before, it combines the western and Ethiopian calendars, showing both sets of dates and the main saints days, fasts and festivals. It is […]
“A few friends and I spent a four day weekend at the end of May trekking in Tigray organised by Tesfa Tours. It was a few days that felt like weeks away from the bustle of Addis and work and we were treated to hiking in some of the most stunning landscape I have ever […]
The Kremt rains (as the season is called) officially begins on Senay 26 ( 3rd July) according to the old church calendar and runs till Meskerem 25 (this year that will be 6th October). For those new to Addis it does not rain all day every day, but by mid August it will begin to feel […]
Today is Senay Mikael in Ethiopia (Senay being the month), and is one of the three big St.Michael’s days. The saints’s days come round every month (Mikael on the 12th of each month), but each church celebrates one or two and occasionally three big ‘annual days’. St.Michael’s big annual days are in Senay (now), Hedar (November) […]
Today Thursday 21 November is St Mikael’s day here in Ethiopia – Hedar (the month) Mikael. It’s one of numerous big saints days where the holy tabot is paraded out. But for this day there is a tradition to burn rubbish and that the smoke will take the evil away. For more details see this […]
The UK FCDO travel advice has just been changed to show all the core areas of Tigray (away from disputed territories and boundaries) as green. At Tesfa Tours we have been sending clients there to trek at community-owned guesthouses and see the wonders of the ancient city of Axum and there hidden rock churches of […]