At our guesthouse in Abala. Still sleeping on simple foam mats but it was great to have running water and a roof over our heads.


Avinath had a sim card he had picked up from Addis and wanted to get it activated and cut down for his iPhone so we headed out with the son of the guesthouse owner into town.


Girl in green. Abala is at an elevation of 775 metres so was a bit cooler than the Danakil.


Waiting outside the Ethio Telecom office. Avinath likes to collect sim cards of countries he visits. He also said he had some bitcoin he had recently sold and wanted to make sure it had cleared correctly. He had bought 1.5 bitcoin at $6k and sold at $11k.


Walking down the main street. He had managed to activate the sim card at the Ethio Telecom office but still needed it cut down to fit in his iPhone.


Though two-thirds of Ethiopians are Christian, the Afar Region is 95% Muslim.


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