Free: entrance to the Red Terror Museum
1 Birr (5 cents): money given to roving
groups of singing girls in Aksum to make them go away
2 Birrr (10 cents): chai at cafe on
Lake Tana; chai at internet cafe in Aksum; banana
3 Birr (15 cents): entrance to boat
restaurant on Lake Tana
5 Birr (25 cents): traditional coffee
at Addis Abbaba University cafe; traditional Aksum coffee
6 Birr (30 cents): locally-made
chocolate bar; 30 min of internet
10 Birr (50 cents): entrance to
Ethiopian National Museum; 30 minute minibus Wokro to Dinglet; 30
minute minibus Aksum to Adwa
11 Birr (55 cents): bambolino (donut);
Macchiatto at Cafe Oslo
12 Birr (60 cents): St. George Beer at
local bar in Bahir Dar
15 Bir (75 cents): 10 minute bajaji
ride in Gonder
17 Birr (85 cents): St. George Beer at
local restaurant in Addis; 1 hr minibus Wokro to Mekele
20 Birr ($1): pasta in injera in
Debark; omelet; 2 hour minibus ride Alamata to Woldiya
21 Birr ($1.05): St. George Beer at
Teitu Hotel
22 Birr ($1.10): toothpaste; special
ful breakfast of fava bean
paste, eggs and yogurt
24 Birr ($1.20):
1.5 hour mini bus from Shire to Aksum
29
Birr ($1.45): Fata breakfast
of crusty bread broken
up into little pieces, then covered in spicy sauce, yogurt, onions
tomatoes and peppers
30 Birr ($1.50):
double Teachers whiskey at Africa Hotel Aksum
35 Birr ($1.75):
pasta with meat at Hotel Zenawi
37 Birr ($1.85): plate of “fasting”
(ie veggie) food
40 Birr ($2): 10 pill packet of
paracetemol
45 Birr: tibs (sauteed beef, peppers
and onions) at butcher shop/restaurant
50 Birr ($2.50): 15 min taxi from
Piazza to Addis Abbaba University; entrance to sites of Aksum
60 Birr ($3): tibs at bar/restaurant; 1
night stay at Hotel Zenawi, w/cold shower, no bathroom
65 Birr ($3.25): vegan buffet at Taitu
Hotel
70 Birr ($3.50): 4 hour minibus ride
Mekele to Alamata; 7.5 hour public bus ride from Woldiya to Lalibela
71 Birr ($3.55): Doro watt (chicken
stew) at Taitu Hotel
73 Birr ($3.65): Kitfo (Ethiopian steak
tartar) at Desset Resort on Lake Tana
90 Birr ($4.50): Large Alla Tuna Pizza
at L-Shape Hotel; Ethiopian Shepherd's Pie at Ben Abeba Lalibela
100 Birr ($5): foreigner entrance to
Ethnological museum; entrance to Holy Trinity Cathedral; entrance to
Lake Tana monasteries
123 Birr ($6.15): 2nd level
public bus from Gonder to Shire
150 Birr ($7.50): 25 minute taxi ride
from Bole Rd to Piazza; entrance to each rock-hewn church in Tigray
200 Birr ($10): 1 hour full body
Swedish massage at Dib Anbess Hotel; 1 night stay at L-Shape Hotel
Gonder w/ hot shower, no breakfast; Ditto at the Africa Hotel Aksum;
entrance into St. Mary's Church in Aksum (which holds the Ark of the
Covenant)
250 Birr ($12.50): Shitty double room
w/ bathroom and shower at the shitty Yordanos Hotel in the shitty
city of Woldiya; Single room at Hotel Asheten w/hot shower, no
breakfast
297 Birr ($14.85): One night stay at
Taitu Hotel (Addis) with hot shower, no breakfast
300 Birr ($15): half-day trip on Lake
Tana to visit monasteries (discount from 350 Birr—don't tell other
people on the tour, the tour group leader said); Tour guide for a day
to Aksum's site; bottle of Rift Valley Ethiopian Syrah
340 Birr ($17): 10 hour bus ride from
Addis to Bahar Dir on air con bus
350 Birr ($17.50): One night stay at
Dib Anbess Hotel (Bahir Dar) w/ hot shower, breakfast
600 Birr ($30): Guide for a day around
Lalibela's churches (split with an Aussie)
1000 Birr ($50): visa on arrival at
Bole International Airport; Entrance to the 11 rock-hewn churches in
Lalibela
1300 Birr ($65): One night stay at
Trinity Hotel near airport with hot shower & breakfast; 2 hr
flight on Ethiopian Air from Lalibela to Addis via Gonder
2900 Birr ($145): multi-entry 3-year
visa bought prior (I wanted the option of coming up through Kenya,
and they don't issue visas at the border—I didn't come that way in
the end)
