More little monkeys jumping on the bed

Dawit took me,  Martin and the two Aussie visitors to Soderee at the weekend which is a hot spa resort.  It is set in pleasant grounds with outdoor swimming pools that are filled with hot spring water and just half hour drive from Nazret.

I guess that Ethiopia being a landlocked country and very few public swimming pools (if any) the majority of Ethiopians cannot swim and so luckily for us they were crammed into the small pool where they could touch the bottom and we had the big pool virtually to ourselves.  It was lovely and hot!

Soderee had a good vibe

The hot spring pools

We had a nice walk through the grounds where the main spectacle are the monkeys who are very cheeky and will rifle through your bag looking for food while you are sitting there.  We saw one monkey go over to someone’s bottle of coke that was standing on the ground, tip it over and then drink the coke off the floor!

A giant termite hill

Walking through the grounds

Where's the inside gone? 

Fab picture taken by Rhonda

Of course they are a nuisance but we had fun looking at them as there were a lot of baby monkeys that are incredibly cute.  It was a bit creepy though when three or four of them, a couple with babies wrapped round them, came really close and sat there watching us eating ice-creams; honestly you thought they were going to rip your eyes out for a lick!

 

Hey you, faranji, me want ice cream

Next time I'll have your windscreen wiper