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The south of Ethiopia in my memory

Now that the holidays are coming up and dreams begin to form, I remember the days in Turmi, a city in southern Ethiopia, Hamer Tribe, which in a few years has grown due to the tourists who come and stay in this town as their "home base" to discover the lands of the different tribes. One would think that because It is a tiny village, there are no services and there is still to come after a few hours of driving tracks, ... But they are constructing roads, so you can reach Hamer ... Until last year, Turmi was a hidden corner, with a couple of camps to accommodate travellers. Some with western clothing and most with their own arrangements.

All around, the land is dotted with acacias, shrubs, and dry river beds, sandy and wide, through which the Hamer come and go, or even dig in the sand to find water. If we sharpen our gaze, we can see interesting monkeys, with a white face and tail and the rest of the body black, back on top of the tallest trees ... Very close to Turmi are some small villages. After asking permission, we saw how they bring the cattle in the evening, and we went out there and have some contact with this tribe of great beauty, proud look, not aiming to sell some of their gourds, wooden stools they carry with them everywhere to sit if they get tired, or necklaces ... Children, yes, you hold their hands to accompany them and they even fight each other because no one wants to run out to take the hand of a white. They play, they look at you, you try to give them entangle some birr (Ethiopian currency) ... And the evening is falling, with those colors so magnificent that are only found in places where nature is king. The acacias give us those pictures typical of Africa, the heat is leaving (and mosquitoes come, of course), and I feel great, eager to save the images on my retina and in my memory, and look forward to returning soon I left.
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