Running with the Bulls, Well Almost!

You know when you are waiting for a taxi, and then an old man nudges you to get out of the way from a herd of bulls? No? You don’t! Well, I guess you haven’t been out on a Sunday afternoon in Addis!

 The roads here are busy, Cars, Hilux trucks galore, GIANT red dump trucks (nicknamed Red Terror as they drive insanely on the roads just as the revelation in the 80’s called Red terror was ), mini busses packed with people, tuk tuk’s rumble up the more rocky and muddy roads, and people fill the side walks or the dirt shoulder. All this traffic along with your standard goats and donkeys and bulls of course!

I was defiantly taken aback when this bull (1 or 7) strolled by me by a mere foot between him and me as I jumped onto the road to avoid a Spanish like encounter. The old man who nudged me stood there chuckling, I’m sure saying something about “silly surprised white girl why does she look so startled?!?!”

Just your typical Sunday on the streets of Addis, this is home for now!