意外と都会なアディスアベバ。中国投資による路面電車も走り、ついこの間、ジブチとを繋ぐ鉄道も開通したそう。エチオピアは、ナイロビに次ぐアフリカ第二の人口を持ち、2014年の経済成長率はなんと世界一位。その勢いは、街を歩いていてもなんとなく感じる。まず建築中のビルの多さ。どこもかしこも工事中で、これらがみんな完成したらバンコクみたいになるんじゃないかと思ってしまう。現存する世界最古の独立国の一つらしいこの国。アフリカ連合の本部もあるこの国。人類最古の化石が見つかってるのもこの国。個性強くて勢いがあって、ほんとこの国、興味深い。そして今晩はトマトスープ。
DAY673 : WALKING AROUND ADDIS ABABA
Addis Ababa is actually quite urban city. There are Chinese-invested trams and new railways that connects Addis Ababa and Djibouti. Ethiopia is the second-most populous nation on the African continent, next to Nairobi, and in 2014 they earned the fastest growing economies in the world. I could feel the power just by walking around the city. So many under construction buildings which may result looking like Bangkok after the completion. It is the oldest country to retain its sovereignty from long-term colonialism, Addis Ababa serves as the headquarters of the African Union, and some of the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia. So interesting. And we are having tomato soup for dinner tonight.