Author: Mark Smith

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain in [em]Innocents Abroad[/em]
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Journey with my Dad: Ethiopia, Dubai, Moscow, Istanbul

Hotel Stays:
Ethiopia

Addis Ababa: Saro-Maria Hotel (Decent hotel away from the airport. Fair priced and would stay here again)

Arbaminch: Paradise Lodge (Nice hotel on beautiful grounds)

Turmi: Buska Lodge (a rustic place with electricity only during select times; not sure if there is any where else to stay, so…)

Jinka: Jinka Resort Lodge (beautiful grounds; very basic rooms)

United Arab Emirates

Dubai: Holiday Inn Express Dubai Airport (run of the mill chain; close to airport if have limited time to see Dubai)

Russia

Moscow: Golden Ring Hotel (in the business district; nice hotel and close to transit)

Turkey

Istanbul: Hotel Niles (beautiful hotel; great staff; beautiful balcony)