last night our two ethiopian friends, Barakat and Andala, organised a dinner at one of the Ethiopian restaurants in Hargeisa. We were 10 who spread into two cars and off we went accross town in darkness. You must understand that the roads are a challenge by day but become outright dangerous at night. The sun sets at around 6.30 here and by 7pm it's completely dark. We had a fulll moon last night, that did not seem to make any difference though. There are barely any street-lights, matter of fact I haven't seen any real street-lights yet except for the few that lit-up a parking lot in front of a hotel, but I cannot seriously count them as 'street'-light, more as parking-lot-lights.
Anyway, we actually made it to the destined location; a tiny restaurant with just a few tables. They knew that we were coming and had prepared everything in advance.
first we all sit around one table like this
Judy and Andy Norman - a happy couple,
she works as an International Travel Health Expert
while he is a Neuro-Gynaecologist and they both
work for free at the EAUH every now and then
Angelika telling one of her many stories
then we all get to wash our hands...
with soap and water
me too
becauser eating happens hands-on
here she's still smiling....
Barakat shows us how it's done
after Food there's another round of hand-washing and
some good-smeller for the ladies and the gents
our Kenian brother has important
business to take care of
for desert there's pop-corn....
...and coffee, freshly roasted...
...right in front of us....
and poured into the good old...
...little turkish/arabic coffee cups.
Thanks, Barakat and Andala - it was great last night!
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