012 Cycle Touring Ethiopia

(^10) Addis – Muka – 80 km

Seven days passed before biking out of Addis to pedal the relatively
short distance to the Sudanese border. I'd become surprisingly unfit,
or maybe I'd forgotten how hilly Addis was. The countryside was
colourful and the farmlands were in different shades of green and
yellow - November is an excellent time to visit Ethiopia.

Eighty percent of Ethiopians are farmers, and the road north leads
past fields, where farmers still use oxen and wooden ploughs. The
hills encountered virtually killed me and, exhausted, I reached Muka
a mere 80 kilometres away.