Ethiopia, the last stop in the six month African safari. The previous months had been spent in excited anticipation of the food, the coffee, and most notably the coffee farm: Burka Gudina. Though my first visit to Burka Gudina was an abbreviated stay, the project was straightforward- to get some video for web clips that captured the life and heart of the farm. All projects aside, my personal goal was to meet the people, and in a couple quick days to meet and find portraits of the farm staff in their home among the coffee trees.

In addition to the people, the farm landscape is quite spectacular. Here are a few things I saw while soaking up every second of the experience at the farm. 

That was the farm and the shooting, in the field amidst the fresh air and ripe coffee cherries. This is the office, and some shooting there, city life:

Until next time shooting at an Ethiopian coffee farm... Stay tuned for gear reviews from the trip, depending on the wifi situation in Bahrain there may be a “way home” update as well. 

Since this trip began back in June, there's always been a bit of excitement looking forward to Ethiopia. Everything has been great, in fact it all keeps getting better, and here is no exception. The rains have just ended, the ground is lush and green, and our last stretch of a two day journey to a coffee farm in the Limmu region ends tomorrow. Well, the rains have mostly ended, there's a little bit of a storm on right now, lightning and all but I expect it to clear by morning. Not only do we have real (and Ethiopian) coffee, we have proper macchiatos. Life is good. 

On the front page of the Citizen, bigger than Obama. I'm the fourth person from the right, you can just see the back of my head. We were coming back from an evening camping on the river bank. 

"Tourists cross the crocodile infested Kilombero river in a canoe on Tuesday after the MV Kilombero II ferry broke down last Friday. Fisherman have been having a field day ferrying people across the river, which seperates Ulanga and Kilombero districts in Morogoro region, since the vessel was grounded."

The Tazara train, completed by the Chinese in 1975, runs from Zambia to Dar es Salaam. The train is notoriously delayed, and we found this to be true waiting over 24 hours for our first ride and only about twelve hours the second time. Here are some photos of our time spent at the station in Dar es Salaam. 

I was outside in a little barber shop I set up, on this banana tree, cutting my hair and I thought that maybe people at home would like to see where I've been living in addition to the photos I've posted from Tanzania. I finished the haircut and decided to post some photos of the place we've been staying. 

Travel had brought us to Ifakara, Tanzania, a place full of great people, foreigners (mzungu) and locals, dust, heat, mud, rain, and now a lot of fond memories. And today we're leaving, the 4th of November, a day for departing Ifakara by Train and heading for the big city, Dar es Salaam.