ENTRY DESCRIPTION
On a trip to Ethiopia my wife and I stopped at a micro-brewery on the edge of Adwa in northern Ethiopia. There we found a gathering of men, young and old, enjoying the sort of conviviality we associate with an English pub on a winter's evening. Amidst the press and babble of the gathering, all sat on low benches, I saw this man. Judging by the creases in his face he has had a hard existence, which is probably true of most in Ethiopia. But, the slightly faraway look in his eyes (no doubt, in part at least, the result of the ale) is, to me, a kindly, if penetrating, one. Thus, I believe his face tells the story of the harshness of life but the hope of humanity.

AUTHOR
Amateur (not very good) photographer who is lucky enough to have a nice camera and seen a lot of the world

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