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When we started our trip I carried under the roof rack of my Landy a big piece of polycarbonate cut to measure on the windshield just in case anything would happen in Ethiopia or elsewhere, well it is still there unused...
I absolutely agree with the others that waving and smiling is the best way.
We did experience other funny things though, like people pretending to jump in front of the car and then jumping right back laughing or, worst of all, pushing a sheep in the road as we were approaching.
I suppose that if you spend you life on the top of a mountain looking after sheeps day after day you may get a bit bored at times...
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Another good reason to let Africa fester in the depths of hell.
Would I go to Africa to be thrown with stones, rocks and boulders?
Not on your life.
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Thank you for your balanced contribution.  I suspect the Africans/ Ethiopians won't miss you either.
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Another good reason to let Africa fester in the depths of hell.
Would I go to Africa to be thrown with stones, rocks and boulders?
Not on your life.
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Some deep and meaningful input from our friend from Texas.  Excellent progress indeed because it would appear that word of the existence of a wider world has reached his little corner of our planet.
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Some of my friends just did a grand tour of Africa in three 4x4 , and they said that the -only- country they had a problem was in Ethiopia. They were surrounded in small villages and the situation went out of control, so they had to basically flee before property was lost and/or someone hurt.
I think perhaps an educational campaign may be a good idea? By the government, for the people. Ethiopia has a large potential for tourism.
There may also be recommendations for travellers behaviour on order.
That is something we could and should discuss here (to some extent we are).
I don't think pebbles in the pocket is the answer.
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Some of my friends just did a grand tour of Africa in three 4x4 , and they said that the -only- country they had a problem was in Ethiopia. They were surrounded in small villages and the situation went out of control, so they had to basically flee before property was lost and/or someone hurt.
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So I guess that party won't be returning to Africa in a hurry.
AK47's next ?
Grenades instead of stones, , , , , ,
It wont be long before the whole of Africa is like this.
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So I guess that party won't be returning to Africa in a hurry.
AK47's next ?
Grenades instead of stones, , , , , ,
It wont be long before the whole of Africa is like this.
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Oh it already is, mate. Here's the wife dealing with some grenade chuckers in Namibia. God, it was hell. Still, she got to be a pretty good shot with the Glock in the end....
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So I guess that party won't be returning to Africa in a hurry.
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Well actually they are going back all the time, as they know it and they love it.
But their next trip is to Caucasus - Pakistan - India....I am sure they will find rock throwers there, too.
In your country, I faced a shotgun last trip. In Conroe, TX.
And years ago I was very nearly shot by a large posse near Rochester, MN. Case of mistaken identity.
Conclusions? Nah.
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