While I was careful to preface Ethiopia through writers’ eyes with the following: “Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.” The Theologians, Jorge Luis Borges … Continue reading →
While I was careful to preface Ethiopia through writers’ eyes with the following caveat: “Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.” The Theologians, Jorge Luis … Continue reading →
While I was careful to preface Ethiopia through writers’ eyes with the following caveat: “Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.” The Theologians, Jorge Luis Borges … Continue reading →
While I was careful to preface Ethiopia through writers’ eyes with the following caveat: “Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.” The Theologians, Jorge Luis Borges … Continue reading →
Ethiopia, from the 6th century Greek traveller Cosmas to the 19th century London Illustrated News depictions of the noble Abyssinian king Theodoros reclining amidst his tame lions, has long incited the imagination of artists – and from Theseus delivering Andromeda … Continue reading →
When I first went to Gudu just a few years ago, there were a few mud houses, and no electricity. Today, Ethiopian pop blasts out of three or four coffee houses – and they even have espresso machines. A hotel … Continue reading →
Contes d’Abyssinie à la manière de Schwob et sous la forme sibylline d’un fidélaire abyssin – (33 chapitres correspondant aux 33 symboles majeurs de l’alphasyllabaire g’eez). Un homage à Jean-Michel Cornu de Lenclos (Saigon, Indochine, 13 juin 1956 … Continue reading →
Folks, it’s been a good ride over the Abyssinian highlands, but as of the 1rst of November 2013, Equus Ethiopia will cease all of its horse riding operations. From this date, the stables are closed to guests, and while the … Continue reading →
Deutsche Welle this week invited several strangers inhabiting strange lands (geographical or linguistical) to share their experience of being in several places and various languages at once: * An Algerian thinking in/of Russian * A Chadian talking about Arabic * A … Continue reading →
Equus has had a very good week: Two treks went out to the forest of Menagesha Suba – one of them with two seven year olds! (miraculously both treks seemed to dodge the rain). The two kids came … Continue reading →
Equus Ethiopia has availability on two of its three day rides over the next two months, both to the unique Montane forest of Menegesha Suba, which is to be the second port of call for the Zara Yacob Trail, named after the … Continue reading →
Two weeks ago, Equus – read Yves Stranger, the horse trekking outfit’s groom – in – chief – announced it was going to initiate The Zara Yacob Trail at the end of May, Ethiopia’s first highland horse trekking route. … Continue reading →
