Comments on: My Date With An Ethiopian Hair Butcher https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1466277 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:46:53 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1466277 In reply to Shawn McDermott.

Shawn, I’m laughing. Better that you focused your attention on the Simien Mountains while in Ethiopia, rather than an encounter with a local barber.

Yerevan barbers are pretty funny, too. Good cuts. Don’t ever let anyone else in that region know that their neighbors had to correct their work, though. I still enjoy the Turkish fashion of taking a giant match and burning any errant hairs in and around the face and ears. Your mandolin concert beats the value of a $0.66 haircut in Peru:

Thanks again for sharing your hair-lowing experiences and helping to bring back some more memories.

]]> By: Shawn McDermott https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1466265 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:08:36 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1466265 Daniel,

This is too funny. You are the only person I am aware of that does the exact same thing. I ALWAYS get my haircut when I travel The only exception was when I was in Ethiopia. lol We were on the Simien Mountain trek in a small village and we passed a barbershop. I was tempted but decided not to go forward. Maybe that was a good thing given your experience.

I just returned from Georgia and Armenia and while I was there I got my haircut in Tbilisi. I was not exactly happy with the cut. Luckily, when I got to Yerevan I came upon a hipsterish barbershop named Dude’s. Pash, the barber, did come corrective cutting. Saved the day.

My favorite barber experiences were in Istanbul, Turkey and Gaimaraes, Portugal. In Portugal I was the only person in the barbershop. Shortly after the barber started cutting my hair a friend of his came in with a mandolin and started playing his instrument. I had my own private concert while getting clipped.

Shawn

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1460414 Mon, 22 Sep 2014 02:06:48 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1460414 In reply to Jaklien.

Green? Wow, I’d be curious to see that photo, Jaklien.

]]> By: Jaklien https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1460403 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:52:36 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1460403 It could’ve been a lot worse. I left a hairdresser’s with hair that looked slightly green. You were lucky. 🙂

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1460007 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:15:41 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1460007 In reply to Runaway Jane.

Glad you enjoyed it, Jane. The same vaguely dated female reference points: Christina Aguilera and Beyonce?

]]> By: Runaway Jane https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1459981 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:11:18 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1459981 This gave me the giggles! I wonder what the female choices are if the men’s are Ricky Martin and Ludacris lol?

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1459974 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:23:09 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1459974 In reply to David @ That Gay Backpacker.

Thanks for sharing, David. That’s one of the greatest joys of travel: facing up to our fears. Also, a good excuse to pick up a little of the local language. As for the penchant for clippers, that seems a universal one, especially when it comes to men’s hair. Hang in there and keep on facing up to the fear of the foreign hairstylist!

]]> By: David @ That Gay Backpacker https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1459968 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:27:38 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1459968 For me, getting a haircut abroad is right up there in the top 3 scariest things about travel. In southeast Asia, hairdressers LOVE to use those thinning scissors that turn your hair into fine wisps. I have thick hair and I like it that way, but Asia does not. And here in Mexico (where I am based right now) there are two major obstacles: first of all there is the language barrier, and secondly the hairdressers here love to use clippers even when I ask them to only use scissors. Sigh.

]]> By: Daniel Noll https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1459955 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:27:18 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1459955 In reply to Scott.

Now I would think a ladyboy hairdresser/barber might actually feature the empathic best of both worlds 🙂

]]> By: Scott https://uncorneredmarket.com/my-date-ethiopian-hair-butcher/#comment-1459943 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:13:58 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=18891#comment-1459943 My girlfriend and I were butchered by a ladyboy in Malaysia. I’ll just leave that right there.

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