I do have to say that i don’t particularly agree with this statement : In our experience, Africa rarely garners an “Ooh, awesome food!” distinction. Ethiopian cuisine is an exception

Don’t get me wrong, Ethiopian food is definitely tasty if you like spicy food although injera remains an acquired taste for many of us including myself, i did notice that there wasn’t a lot of variety aside from the stews/curries and different meat/fish dishes, so the food started to get very boring really quick. I don’t know if you have visited West Africa, but Senegal and Nigeria have amazing dishes and i also like Somali food (best eaten in other countries because of the drought/food shortage) so there are many African cuisines that have great dishes, especially spicy in the case of West Africa, with lots of variety like rice, desserts, soups and snacks which i frankly did not encounter that much in Ethiopia except samosa/sambusa. Luckily there were other restaurants in Addis Abeba like Syrian, Yemeni and Western ones where you could eat something different.

Information regarding our Simien Mountains hike is not in a separate post, but you can check out the G Adventures itinerary linked in the blue box at the top of this article.

Do you have a post about the Simien hikes that you did ?

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Thanks, David. We hear that. Ethiopia is definitely an exceptional travel experience in general and within Africa.

Thank you for the compliment, Michael. Glad we could help stir your wanderlust!

Thank you, Amina! Really means a lot that you felt that this article was accurate for your own country. Can I understand missing Ethiopia’s beauty 🙂

Thank you!

I didn’t realize that Ethiopia had been featured on that show. Well, good publicity for sure. In any event, Ethiopia is a worthwhile destination, preferably at a pace a few notches slower than The Amazing Race.