Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0336-550050; r without bathroom Birr30, r without toilet Birr40)
If Basha is full, this
place makes an acceptable plan B. The rooms with showers have a small odour, but the
common facilities are some of the cleanest we've seen.
Information
Commercial Bank
( 7-11.30am & 3-5pm Mon-Fri, 7-11.30am Sat)
Next to Basha
Hotel, changes cash (US dollars, euro and pounds).
Community IC Center
( 8am-noon, 4-6pm & 7.30-9pm; per hour Birr20)
About
500m off the main square. Connections are nearly impossible at night.
Getting There & Away
Leaving from the main square, near the lighthouse-like minaret, buses and minibuses go
about hourly to Logiya (Birr26, one hour). There's one bus to Dessie (Birr98, 10 hours).
For Djibouti, you'll have to go back to Logiya; trucks won't pick up hitchhikers along the
highway.
