Trying to make reservations in the only "Lodge" in Yirgalem, Ethiopia, the closest town to Mabret's family village. I emailed repeated for weeks, with no response . I finally called, made the stilted conversation booking, I think ...? When I asked how to make payment they said I must call a different phone number in Addis Ababa. The next day I tried to do so.....without much success. Bad connection, halting English and my Amharic is non-existent, we got nowhere ( not even sure the right "connect" person. Obviously, I was not able to properly reserve the Tutkil ( Ethiopian bungalow) and was kindly asked to call back at 10am Ethiopian time the following day to make the payment. Hopefully the connection will be better at that time. Hence the 4 am alarm set.....lets see if I wake up
