The Danakil Depression, the salt miners, and an active volcano
We arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night (1/9/2018). Wednesday was supposed to be an uneventful day, working on our blog posts, getting Ethiopian SIM cards, figuring out where to go next, and finally having some of that delicious Ethiopian food. Addis is a huge city, almost 3.5M people…
After finishing Kilimanjaro, we flew straight to Zanzibar, a beautiful island off the coast of Tanzania. Zanzibar was established as a protectorate of the UK (not a colony) in 1890, meaning they continued to be under the sovereignty of the Sultan of Zanzibar. In 1963, the UK terminated the Protectorate, but…
The first adventure of our trip was climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro — we like to start strong.
