My Ethiopian Food Tour Went Wrong…

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My Ethiopian Food Tour Went Wrong…


I went to Ethiopia to experience food and culture, but my Ethiopian food tour went differently than expected.

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  1. Go to Washington DC, lots of Ethiopian restaurants there. Similar things happend to me in 2004 when I was in Russia, not money, money, but a lot of time I got the N-word. I think I would not like to travel under these conditions in Africa. I am not rich at all in the European perspective.

  2. you are telling us what we already know, the main stream media has covered more than needed about ethiopia's poverty. we want youtuber like you to show us the other side. i dont think you are experienced. don't act like a CNN reporter covering a war zone you are in a third world country not in Europe what did you expect.

  3. I am about as open minded as you can get, but the bias here that's really hard for me to overcome is the eating with the fingers. I am well traveled and use the spartan backpacker style. My number one travel rule is don't carry anything with you that if it got stolen, lost, or destroyed that it would ruin your day let alone your vacation. People that bring expensive laptops, cameras, luggage, jewelry, and stuff like that will be seen as targets by observing eyes which are always present in third world countries then that makes you spend most of your time guarding it or worrying about it. If you have to have a laptop, leave the expensive one at home and buy a $250 internet capable student one from Walmart. Leave the "bling-bling" at home. Always beware and watch out for anyone that comes out of a crowd like they're your long lost best friend especially at touristy places with lots of people.

  4. I've learned from design in uni is that

    while in these conditions where you are going to be treated differently as a foreigner (especially in extreme homogenous communities)

    its better to become a blank slate. Meaning, don't dress up, don't express too much opinions (do not disturb them in anyway), make it feel like your just an observer.

    People will just open up to you naturally. You can't look and feel like a foreigner or they'll treat you like one.

    if that makes any sense.

    Since a lot of foreigners have this urge to help people in poverty especially in countries like Ethiopia, it's better to not think negatively about their conditions.

    A lot of them have lived in poverty for their whole life, they don't need your help. It's better to look at the positives in their daily life of poverty.

  5. I much prefer your honest view on the country and that you don't just say "Oh, yeah, absolutely amazing" like any odd instagrammer would do. One can't enjoy every holiday, some also turn out badly, and I think it's best to be honest about this instead of making viewers believe that it's always fantastic.
    I live in London by the way and we do have quite some Ethiopian restaurants here, there is particularly one at Kings Cross that serves exactly the type of meal you ate at the end of the video (although your portion is ridiculous, did you eat it all?!) – highly recommended!

  6. I traveled to Madagascar (among other places) with my family when I was ten. A very very similar thing would happen to my family where people would come up to our car asking for us to buy things, asking for money, asking for help, until we couldn't drive or walk without hurting someone. In the places where this happened, we would avoid eye contact and just shake our heads trying to keep moving. It was really hard. When we went to more rural places and smaller towns and villages my sister and I would share crayons and paper with the kids and we would draw to talk. some of these villages (generally river crossings) were specifically built to facilitate travelers and tourists (my family) and in these places we generally had a better reception than in the big cities or in the resort place. I loved traveling in Madagascar and highly suggest it to anyone who is able, but know that the poverty there is different than what you know from the poverty at home. The food is stunning – gourmet level food in every side of the road stop and amazing history and culture! I just wish that there was a way to convey the culture shock – the depth of an experience and the difference in living condition.

    So glad you got to experience Ethiopian food! In my opinion it is the best food ever and injera is amazing! I would LOVE if you made a video on how to make it!!!!!! Thank you for not focusing on the poverty porn and for explaining your thought process, I think you made a good decision and a great video!

  7. It is really saddening that a dystopian dictatorship like china of all things widens its influence in Africa by helping them financially, while we western countries that pride ourselves with basic human rights and such things just mainly outsource help to non-government organizations

  8. Travelling as a blonde guy is rough, I usually cover my hair and try to blend in as much as possible when traveling undeveloped countries haha and try to ignore people that call you psss psss in the road while being polite haha

  9. An Ethiopian woman lived in my apartment complex in grad school and we had a commune feel going. She knew my roommate and I liked the spicy, so she made some Doro Wat for us. It was a delicious, fiery beef hell broth, with a rich paprika color and very beef front flavor. I hope you triend that while you were there, Andong. Those people don't have much, and like everywhere, the poor share what little they have with kind hearts. Another great video.

  10. Great video. Traveling is poor countries can be really soul-searching. I live in Minnesota where we have a huge Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali community so there are a ton of amazing restaurants. Really wonderful cuisine.