My first ever thanksgiving

I never heard of thanksgiving before I came to the US and was not sure what to do when the actual date came.

Coping with a new culture and new country

Coping with a new culture and living in a new country is a big challenge for anyone. Not knowing you way around and missing your family and friends coupled with being new to everything around you are the basic challenges. Seeing new things every time and meeting a completely new people you have never met before in your life is on the other hand the fascinating thing about it.

The first thing that amazed me about the US was the highway system. As I was driving from the the airport I was so surprised at how complex the highway was. I have to admit I was a little bit scared if I would ever be able to drive on this complex road systems.

The Hamer People

The Hamer people live in a very small village called Aretu which is found through “Weito” dessert in south west of Ethiopia (North Omo), 800km from Addis. Aretu is very comfortable and ecologically suitable lodges in the middle of the dessert, it is like oasis for the dessert. The other wonder that you face is the grace full and very long Buska hills it is alarmingly grace full artistic, it sounds as if it is hiding and protecting the Hammers from the rest of the world, you fill as if you are viewing a documentary or a cinema on the ancient man. You will see ladies dressed with got skin just below the Abdomen, men having a small piece of textile only on their organs so called “Gildem” in Amharic.

One can be embarrassed by the sharp and amazing breast of the Hammer ladies and also absorbed by the amazing beauty male their strong muscular body (Hammers are very neat and with strong and full body in contrast to other rural areas of Ethiopia). . You will wonder how the hammers care for their beauty umber of decorations all over their body. The males are highly sensitive to their beauty they put all the staffs of beauty starting from the head to the leg.

Unfortunately the males don’t be involved in the routine life work all the burden of take caring the house and the kids fell on the women. The men normally take care of their body, decorations and the hair and may beget prepared and build muscles to jump the row of cutlets so as to get the bride. When you get closer to them, you will discover their hidden beauty, their Strong culture together with the charm in their face no doubt they will totally Absorbed you and immediately falls in love with them, you just want to stay and learn more about them.

Normally they don’t mind your presence; you find them doing their routine daily life. They are very kind and cooperative, invite any body new to their home .they might ask you to decorate your body with the ornamental mud that they have. Their place is known by a Nike name called mountain of love .There is high flow of tourists in that area. It is good and interesting to know about this people as a tourist, but as a citizen it is different and challenging you might ask your self what is your role on helping this people on different things like building school ,clinic and on getting clean water.

Best regards for the people of Mountain of Love