Western Ethiopia - Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland - page 426

sandwich. Next door, the restaurant serves meals such as doro arrosto (roast chicken) and
spaghetti.

CAFE

Café Variety $
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(light meals Birr17) Its shaded terrace vaunts the best selection of cakes and fruit juices in
town. It's popular with students, who flock here for the juice and coffee. There are a
couple of similar places nearby.

Shopping
Thursday is the main market Offline map day; seek out Jimma's famous three-legged
stools, quality basketware and locally renowned honey.

Information

There are plenty of hole-in-the-wall internet cafes throughout the town centre.
Dashen Bank ( 8am-noon & 1-5pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon Sat) Currency-exchange ser-
vices and an ATM that accepts Visa. There's another Dashen ATM outside the Honey
Land Hotel.

Getting There & Away

Ethiopian Airlines ( 0471-110030; www.flyethiopian.com ) flies Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday to Addis Ababa (Birr2622, one hour to 2½ hours depending on route).
Selam Buses ( 0115-544831; www.selambus.com ) has a daily bus to Addis Ababa
(Birr165, six to seven hours) at 6am.
There are numerous buses throughout the day for Addis Ababa (Birr92 to Birr102, sev-
en hours). The gates to the bus compound usually open around 6am. Get your elbows
ready and be prepared for a mad scramble.
Amid the early morning free-for-all you'll find buses for Tepi (Birr 98, eight hours),
Mizan Tefari (Birr75, 7½ hours), Metu (Birr82, eight hours), Bedele (Birr50, 4½ hours)
and Nekemte (Birr98, nine hours). There are up to six minibuses to Welkite (Birr70, 5½
hours).