As
soon as we passed the Ethiopian checkpoint, there were no more pumps in the
road. I spent so much time in the bus
gazing through the window and bewildered with environment. My eyes were tired of watching the new
different nature and then fallen asleep.
I was able to sleep because of the big bus and a nice smooth road. The big problem in the bus was the road is
going around a mountain and most people will throw up.
First
time in my life I have experienced culture shock. We stopped for a lunch break and we got out
of the bus. First time I have seen where
people are dressed differently and also where women don’t cover their
hair. Food is different there, how is it
cooked and the type of the food. The
first issue that appeared as a problem was communication. Most waiters didn’t speak the international
language and I only few words in Ethiopian language.
When we got to Addis Ababa, I even
experienced more cultural shocks than I did before. Addis Ababa is a big city, can’t compared
with Hargeisa. You could the big roads
and a lot of traffic jams in there. We
got to the hotel after an hour in Addis because of the jams. The hotel we stayed in Addis was so much
better than the other one we stayed the other night, good toilets and water was
not an issue there but the other hotel, it was a big problem.
The SAT day was November the third,
we were well prepared. We went to the
university an hour before the exam was going to be started because the teachers
thought we will be late somehow or anything could happen. The exam lasted about five hours or so but
that my eyes caught so many cheating going around, in class and also when we
take breaks. After the exam, relaxation
appeared. We left Addis early in the
morning and ate a good dinner that where the teachers paid the money. Next day, we were back to Abaarso.
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