Blue Lada

Hardworking boy

This was a very cheerful li'l lad outside the Boston Spa working hard at something (I'm not quite sure what he was selling/fixing). Looking back, I wish I'd given him a choccie or something as he really made my task of shooting him quite easy, he kept connecting with the camera and smiling and waving. Betam Amesegenalew..! Yeni Konjo!!

Across from the spa

There's quite a heavenly outfit in town, known as the Boston Spa, which hosts a number of facilities where you can go and spoil yourself (mainly for women, I know; but do I care??). I took this shot of an apartment building across the road, from where I was sitting in the spa reception (waiting to be called in for my manicure/pedicure!!!).

I'll probably add more on the Boston Spa later.

From the Swiss Cafe Window...

Shot from the "Swiss Cafe" window. I did quite a number of window shots like these...

Matching Colours...Purple

Here, I was walking along...er...a road, can't remember the name, but its a very well known road that leads away from Kaldi's coffee and the Medhanialem church roundabout towards Gabriel Clinic and Zebra Grill (Oh the Zebra Grill...I just remembered the dishes from the Zebra Grill!).

Anyways, whenever I'm in Addis Ababa, I tend to stay in this particular area of Bole as I really get to experience the people and atmosphere; be it haggling the fares with the taxi drivers or even a friendly chat with little children, also I find it to be well-balanced in terms of it's location, (one of the more calmer parts of town -without being too excluded from the busy-ness of Addis).

For the most part, I usually walk along this road when out for strolls with my camera. I spotted this lady across the road and I remember liking her purple combination of colours. Her attire also reminded me of my native country, Nigeria.

I could walk in Bole for ages. There's always something interesting to see...