Ninja Turtle Attacked my Tent! Solo Motorcycle Travel in Ethiopia - EP. 58

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As I was travelling through the famous Ethiopian coffee growing region, Yirgacheffe, I camped at a little Lodge. It was an amazing experience on so many levels. Got familiar with all the native plants and came across a Ninja Turtle!
I can camp here?
Yeah, yeah
So I just park there, perfect
Yeah
Okay, and the coffee farm?
We will show you
When I, when I set up my tent
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Thank you so much
I love it
You're welcome
Music
Thank you
Welcome juice
Oh, perfect
That's awesome, very kind of you
Thank you so much
You're welcome
What's your name?
My name is Lam Lam
Moo
What's this?
Papaya
Yeah
You grow it here?
From here, yeah
So yummy, thank you so much
Thank you
You're welcome
Music
Look who's here coming
Wow, you're big
What's your name?
There's another one
Oh, look at you
How's hanging?
Hello
And this is the third one
Oh, he's on fire, come on
Run
Oh, you're going good mate
That looks like a heavy house
You coming to me?
Look at you, look at you go
She's mom
Is she?
I don't know
She's the brave one
She's not shy
Like this is my land
Get out
And this is another one
I think it's a dad
You're not shy
How you going?
You're cute
How's the grass?
It's like he's chasing me
You wanna see my house?
Come
Come, I'll show you my house
My house is bigger than yours, you know
I think he got my invitation
Let's go
You wanna see my tent?
Hold on
See
I don't think he likes my tent
Okay, fair enough
You don't like it, I think
He got jealous
That's okay, it's okay
My Lone Rider tent is durable
But it's not
Turtle resistant, so
There's a hole we need to fix now
That's okay
We've got the tools
So that's the hole
I think he was just jealous of my tent
Because it's bigger than his
Normally for fixing tents I'm using this
It's like a tape
But it's super cool
You just pretty much stick it on
And it sort of
Melts into the tent
And that's it, it's sorted
So I'm gonna use that one
Instead of Lone Rider patch
Here
Just clear
Done
Beautiful
Better than you
Okay, maybe I didn't
Do a great job
But yeah, no rain's
Gonna come in
And now I will always remember
That Turtle, he just left a mark
On my brand new tent
Good job
I think he's looking for trouble
Are you hitting on her?
Oh, this is serious
I think he likes you
So this is mango
Mango avocado juice
Which is very famous in Ethiopia
Okay, let's try
Yummy
So today
I'm in the middle of
Coffee
Growing region
Ethiopia's got massive
Tradition in growing coffee
Drinking too
I'm not sure how it's going
And today I'm staying at this lodge
Which is very expensive
But they let me camp
For just 10 bucks in front of the
Reception
Are they mango?
Sorry, avocados?
Oh wow
Avocado
This is avocado tree
That one
This one
So
It's an awesome place
Like so much
Has happened since I arrived here
A turtle attacked my tent
I just saw avocado
Tree
This is some kind of jungle
Not really sure where I'm going
Just wandering around looking for coffee fields
But where could it be?
Lots of little paths
This way?
Or that way?
I can't see any coffee
I'm guessing would be a field
With coffee like grass but it's just like a jungle
Trees and trees and trees
I mean beautiful but
Where's the coffee?
There we go
This is coffee?
Yeah
Wow
Thank you for that
Coffee beans
Found it
And that's the coffee bean
It's a nice veggie garden
Look at everything here
And what's this?
Oh that's papaya
Cool and this?
What's that?
This?
Corn?
Everything is just mixed up
And this?
What's this?
Flower
Okay so that's papaya
Papaya
And avocado
The big one
The tall one is avocado
That's mango tree
That's a big one
That's banana but no bananas
Too small
Maybe one day
When they get big
What an
Educational day that was today
Wonderful place
I love it here
These people are so nice
They gave me the key to this little cottage
So I can have a shower
So nice
Oh wow that's nice
Oh wow
This is very nice
So this is
70 dollars per person
I mean if you want
It's 70 dollars if you're two
80 bucks
I mean it's super nice isn't it?
Out of curiosity
What else is there?
Okay
Oh wow
So that's the big
Bedroom
And on the other side
Is
Three more beds
Two more beds
In Ethiopia when it rains
It pours
It looks like I'm staying here another day
The rain hasn't stopped all night
All morning
It's quite heavy
The good thing is
I get to test my tent
No leak so far
It's holding itself up really nicely
So yeah
I can just chill
For another day
Thank you very much for having me
I really enjoyed my stay here
Thank you
Thank you, your turn
Kilo
Can I see it?
You need to
Roast it yeah
Okay how much one kilo?
Kilo
70
How much?
How much kilo?
80
Okay
One kilo
Yes please
Yeah one kilo
Not sure what I'm gonna do with unroasted coffee
But
Thank you, bye bye
This is where I'm gonna spend my last night in Ethiopia
So I'm in
This village right on the border
And I booked myself in this hotel
It's super cheap, it's like $10 for this little hut
It's gonna be a great experience
At the end
Look at this, I've got a beautiful fountain going on
And this is my last Ethiopian meal
You want some?
It's yummy
Cheers to Ethiopia
After a while
You just get used to eating everything with hands
It has been a
Really amazing
Experience from a cuisine point of view
Food is cheap
And so delicious
Looks like rain
But I think I'll still go
Across the border today
And
Just stop on the canyon side
Lucky it didn't rain at night
Jesus
I get to test my
Flash new rain suit
This is how baby turtles are made
But I think it's not gonna happen
Because I think
On the top is the female
And the bottom one is male
So
I don't think it's gonna happen
No baby turtles today
