October 6th, 2015 – Lalibela, Ethiopia – Time

October 6th, 2015
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Hi,
Finally finding my wife!! =)
An exciting event, it’s been a long time since I haven’t seen her more than two days =)

Two weeks in our time anyway – It is third world country after all, time works different here.

But in Ethiopia it works even in a more weird way:

First, they live in a different year.

Not in a mean they live in the dark ages. But they have their own calendar.
For example today (6th of October) is the 22.04.2008 to their count…=0

Second – They start counting the hours from 6 am. And then again in 6 pm. That means that 10 am is 04:00 for them. while 19:00 is 01:00! haaa!!

Come to think about it – we, the Jewish, have our own calendar. And we start counting the days from the sunset of the day before.

But here, it is more close to the regular calendar what makes it a lot more confusing and mind crazing.

Take Care
Gad

The sign for a swimming pool – look on the hours in the sign written in English and on the one written in Amharic.

The screen in Addis Ababa airport – saying “happy new year 2008”. And they are not wrong =)

A random Ethiopian village from the plane.

Ethiopian topography – reminds me the slopes of Golan heights.
There is a reason for it – Ethiopia and Golan heights are on the two end of the Syrian-African rift.

Ethiopian way of building formwork for casting concrete.
The wood of foemwork is Eucalyptus, the kind of wood we used in the summer camp of Scouts –
What made it all look like a huge summer camp for me =).

Just a nice Eagle in the sky =)
One of many.

Lalibela town.

Lalibela on the slopes of the mountains above it, Were asheten maryam sits.

Our room door in Asheten mariam hotel in Lalibela:
a Turn around Swastika on the door… And 2 star of David on top =)
The fact is, that both of those signs are older than the Judaism and the Nazi party.

One way of building houses in Ethiopia:
Vertical wood covered with mud that has to be reinstall each year.

Another way of building: mortar and stones

Injera – the traditional Ethiopian food =)

A traditional stand for the Ethiopian coffee ceremony