Via Unganisha.org, BlogAfrica has a handy list of Africa-related weblogs. I plan on going through the list for the next update of the Blogs around the World project. Similarly, this Latino Pundit has a short list of Latin American blogs, some of which are new to me, that I'll be reviewing.
Ashok (of Unganisha) also has an interesting, handy and entertaining summary of his recent trip to Ethiopia with some great photographs. Excerpt that left me wanting to attend an Ethiopian blog-bash:
If you are a drunkard – Ethiopia is as close to heaven, as it gets. Beer is unbelievably cheap! Hotels charge anywhere between 2birr and 5birr for bottled beers – draft beer is available for about 1.5 birr (cheaper than coke!!!). Some of the common brands are: meta, bedele (look for the cute colobus monkey on the label), dashend, st.george. Most of them are malt beers, and a few are brewed out of corn starch.The arack (apparently spirit distilled from millet) served in some places is pretty rank – drink it only if you don’t have a flight to catch the next morning. The traditional honey-wine called “Tej” isn’t bad (though a bit strong).
Happy reading.
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