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Very annoying. If you want to avoid this, you could take a direct bus to Arba Minch. (For further information see under Transport) The disadvantage is that you immediately skip half the country! South of Addis the experiences with stone throwing children are a lot less than north of Addis. It often helps to step down, beckon an adult and ask to come along (possibly after offering a cigarette, very unhealthy, but you do make friends with it). No adult around? Stay standing for a while, some of the children will stand around you and thus prevent the rest from continuing to throw. And remember: most of them go wrong. By just squeezing your brakes or getting off, many children run away. The border areas with Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia are unsafe with the exception of the main road from Gondar to Matema in the northwest.","2021-05-22T17:26:56.000Z",{"body":50,"updatedAt":51,"updatedBy":42},"The national food is injera: a teff sour pancake. The injera is often served with some (s) which are placed on top of the injera. One thing that is almost always served is Shiro. The wats are generally quite spicy, so that the sour taste of the injera is suppressed.\n\nAnother common meal is tibs, which are small pieces of roast meat served on an injera.\n\n**Restaurants**\n\nRestaurants are widely available throughout the country. They can often be recognized by a sign depicting the meals served. In smaller places they are difficult to recognize and will have to be informed about them.\n\nPasta is also often available. This too is served on an injera. Instead of injera, you can often opt for (fairly sticky) bread. There are many other dishes, such as firfir and cutlet. However, these are mainly found in the larger towns. Western meals can also be found there. Considering the many possibilities to eat very cheaply in a restaurant, cooking utensils are not necessary, unless you do not like the Ethiopian food.\n\n**Drinkable water**\n\nA jerry can (can be purchased in Arba Minch or Konso), water filter and water bags are indispensable as water is scarce and usually has to be collected from the pump yourself.  \n\nThere is no water on the way from one village to the next, so you must be able to bring water with you for at least one day of cycling. We took about 10 liters per day for the two of us and that was almost always used up at the end of the bike ride.","2021-05-22T17:32:16.000Z",{"body":53,"updatedAt":54,"updatedBy":42},"There are quite a few different population groups in Ethiopia. The most important are: Oromo, Amhara, Tigre, Sidamo, Shankella and Somali. Sixty percent of the population is Christian. The people, children in particular, can be quite pushy and annoying. Persistent begging for money and gifts can seriously damage your resilience.\n\nPeople who work in shops, hotels and restaurants and the like are very helpful. Owners of hotels and restaurants keep all too curious people at a distance, and bicycles are also guarded. A restaurateur even called in the police to secure the bike. In this way, hotels and restaurants are true refuges.\n\nMuch of the Ethiopian population believes that white people hand out money. To avoid not noticing them, you are called out very loudly: YOU YOU YOU, FARANJI FARANJI FARANJI, MONEY MONEY MONEY !!!!! Especially when climbing on unpaved roads, which you often find in Ethiopia, almost continuously children walk behind you with a lot of screaming. In Ethiopia, as a cyclist, it's difficult to get rest.\n\nIf it turns out that you don't give anything, children often want to throw stones at you. Not very loud, but still hit and very annoying. 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Despite visiting dozens of shops, garages and bicycle dealers in different cities, only two m5 bolts were found, both were far too long and had recessed heads.","2021-05-22T17:29:03.000Z",[],{"pois":63,"users":64,"hosts":64},4,0,"2026-11-06T11:25:25.554Z",[67,76,83,91,99],{"id":68,"type":69,"title":70,"countryCode":4,"location":71,"likes":74,"excerpt":75},"f8b022de-78d7-4d71-9757-87f6f2121886","see-and-do","Blue Nile Falls",{"lat":72,"lng":73},11.4909466,37.585935,2,"Bahir Dar, with its wide avenues of palms and scenic lakeside location, is one of Ethiopia's most attractive towns. Located on the southern shore of Lake Tana…",{"id":77,"type":69,"title":78,"countryCode":4,"location":79,"likes":74,"excerpt":82},"6f502a99-7f00-4ac5-90f7-82207f09bcde","Lalibela",{"lat":80,"lng":81},12.0318458,39.04105,"This is a village known for it's carved out building dating from the 12th and 13th century. 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