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Review
One of the greatest parts of my journey is that I get to visit small amusement parks in countries where no other tourist would go look for a coaster ride. Tourists in Ethiopia would want to experience the warm hospitality of the splendid Ethiopian people, the nature, the waterfalls, the wildlife.
If there were tourists in Ethiopia.
There aren't many. Which is a shame! Ethiopia is one of the most enchanted places I have been to. The music, the nature, the people, I found beauty in everything. Just as in Bora Amusement Park, whose visitors are grateful – not cynical, for the small-sized rides provided, and whose manager was the most hospitable (although I believe he still wonders what the heck this guy with the coaster hat was about). The owner's dream is to import a roller coaster one day, which would require a comparatively substantial investment. There aren't many coasters in Africa.
Ethiopians, with their open, soulful smiles make us first world kids with our internet-connected mobile devices look like social handicaps. Visit this place!
Addis Ababa at dawn. Beautiful!
Addis Ababa street setting
Bora Amusement Park billboard greeting
Approaching Ethiopia's sole outdoor amusement park
Ferris wheel behind the bushes
Bora Amusement Park in its entirety, seen from an adjacent building
Bora observation wheel
List of attractions
Entrance is free, but you've got to pay for each ride separately!
It's a very small fun fair
Empty on workdays, packed on weekends!
"8-D" cinema made in China
Inside the 8-D cinema, the park's most cutting-edge installation
Price for a multi-D cinema ticket. Looks expensive, but the Ethiopian birr is weak!
The currency that looks like the Mummy Ride
This ferris wheel is FAST!
Lone rider taking pictures
You can see nearby Addis Ababa airport from the top of the wheel
Bora Amusement Park view
Expansion! The structure at the front will house a mall and an indoor park.
The manager, the driver and the waitress
The cheerful locals and the silly tourist
Park employee reciting a self-penned poem. Where else in the world does that happen?
Ethiopia is a young country full of soulful people
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