u/afrikawa

4 Kilootti wayiitan deemu argee ijoollee kana. Faarfannaan akkam akkarraa bareedu!!

Saw this at a cafe in Addis Ababa called Fanous. It's frequented by Somalis and has Somali language décor too! Owner is probably Yemeni though.

Abrehot Library is Ethiopia's largest and serves close to 20,000 people a day. Open 24/7 including holidays, the library has become one of the most important spaces for work and learning for the people of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a regular user of the library, I've always thought its brutalist architecture was a big part of its draw.

The Riverside Park is, by far, my favorite project in the whole city. Dozens and dozens of kilometers more to explore and discover. This is a section of the park along the upper parts of the Kebena River, a few minutes from Bella.

I got to fly into and out of the new Bahir Dar Dejazmach Belay Zeleke International Airport terminal. Was a really nice experience compared to the old terminal and even had a nice restaurant with good, reasonably priced food. Hope to see more of these upgraded terminals across the country.

There's a new bus station opposite the bus station you see at the top left corner. That's why the traffic looks okay even though this was taken at 5:55pm, since it's mostly loading/unloading by public transit that chokes traffic in this part of Megenagna.

While the Ethiopian coffee ceremony is an hours long affair where the coffee you drink starts out as green beans, for most people in the capital, Addis Ababa, this is what their daily coffee looks like. Girls dressed in traditional attire pre-roast and grind the beans and wait until customers order before they start brewing it in a clay pot called Jebena. The smoke is frankincense and it's almost always served along with the coffee.

Some new projects seen in this short video include, from left to right, Friendship Park II, Riverside Park, Arada Park, Supreme Court Area Redevelopment Project.

This is quite a short video, but I thought you'd still enjoy how much Erri Bekentu has changed in the past few years.

Thought you guys might enjoy this. It was hailing as well, btw.

There was heavy rain right before. Let me know if you want me to post that too.

The first bus that comes into frame (the green one) is an EV and is part of a 200-strong fleet owned by a private company. The rest are ICE and are part of different fleets (Sheger bus, Public Service bus, etc.) that are owned by the city government and some other government agencies that had too many buses not to become bus companies.

Since you guys liked the Summit video so much, I thought you'd enjoy this one of a slow Tuesday afternoon in Arat Kilo.