If you are going to Lalibela — and it would be a pity to go to Ethiopia and not go to Lalibela — try to get a room at the Mountain View Hotel (c/o Lalibela post office, Lalibela, Ethiopia; phone +251 333 360 804 or mobile +251 911 9
In Windhoek, Namibia, my wife, Kathryn, and I stayed one night in the 4-star Safari Court and, later, in the less-expensive but no-less-comfortable Hotel Safari (phone 262 61 296800, fax 235652, www.safarihotelsnamibia.com), both l