I was warned NOT to take the Sleeper Train in Ethiopia?

After being on hundred of sleeper trains in the past around the world I figured it would be only fair to see how they were in Ethiopia. I travelled from Addis Ababa to the east side of Ethiopia to a city called Dire Dawa for around $20, this was not first class this was second. The journey would take 12 hours 'apparently' but lady's and gentlemen this is Ethiopia.
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[@Manuellived]

I'm Ethiopian there many Ethiopian trip videos but you catch my attention.... Your videos are simple not boring catchy and interesting... I will definitely subscribe your channel to see your videos.

[@BackpackerBen]

comment pinned ;)

[@eyasulamessa9043]

@@BackpackerBen YOU ARE IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY ooooooooooooo dont forget also to check the hyenas as of Harar

[@solinekahiwot2212]

i couldn't agree more

[@Manuellived]

@@BackpackerBen Thank you Amigo its grate to be noticed by KZbinr 🙂

[@BackpackerBen]

Done ✅

[@deadpool8465]

We are celebrating our easter today so happy easter everyone

[@BackpackerBen]

oh yessss, happy easter!

[@selinalakew7049]

Happy easter! 😊

[@yohannesandualem7376]

We r celebrating it too happy easter bro

[@RajeshNayak-os5fg]

Happy Easter brother Amen

[@ibrahimkrama1711]

Hello happy Easter but can I know what it for

[@animalproductionhacksethiopia]

I always like your videos Ben. Welcome to Harar, to the city of love and hospitality.

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks mate! Had an amazing time

[@almansouri100]

Happy Easter from Sudan to my Ethiopian brothers and sisters. 🇪🇹❤️🇸🇩

[@honeyb4984]

Thanks 🙏🏽💖

[@BackpackerBen]

Sudan! Hoping to come soon

[@ambessashield9360]

Thank you!❤️❤️❤️

[@almansouri100]

@i i I’m muslim

[@meskerem6234]

Thank you brother !

[@honeyb4984]

I'm Ethiopian and I'm surprised to see such a train or never been to that part of ethi :( I appreciate your videos. Thanks for visiting ethiopia. Happy Easter Ben! 🙏🏽💖❤️

[@BackpackerBen]

Happy Easter 😄

[@honeyb4984]

@@BackpackerBen 👍🏽🙏🏽

[@Sidetracked_in_Macau]

Ethiopia - "What a Place!" - I love that line!

[@BackpackerBen]

🤝

[@shambelovely4398]

East Africa

[@swalehelshabiby5915]

I LOVE ETHIOPIA 😘🤝🖐From Mombasa with LOVE

[@BackpackerBen]

Mombassa 🙌🏼

[@hathilinh86]

Haha, I just left mombasa and now Im in ethiopia

[@melikmike2898]

one of the cool thing about @backpacker Ben is he did not brag or complain about every single thing he sees rather he try to vibe with the environment and take the positive....keep it up the constructive critic and advices

[@BackpackerBen]

i do complain hahahaha but yeah got to show posstive

[@NewZman23]

He did complain a little on the train in Tanzania: "the worst night of my life" 😆 but hey, I'm not complaining now because it was fun for us to watch from the comfort of our armchair. I really enjoyed the video - a great travel experience that Ben will remember for the rest of his life. 🚂🚂

[@merafterouni9904]

Happy Easter ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹.....

[@BackpackerBen]

HAPPY EASTER

[@khadijah2570]

ኢትዮጵያ ሀገሬ ኩሪ በልጆችሽ እንሻአላህ 🇪🇹💚🤗🇪🇹🤗🤲🤗🤲🤗🇪🇹🤗🇪🇹💚🇪🇹 May Allah bless all Ethiopian Ameen 🤲🤲🤲🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹 and may einglsh brother

[@arsemabamkaku3275]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Tselotachenen Egzabher yesman 😭😭😭😭

[@zaratube608]

በዚህ የት ነው የሚሄደው

[@weyzer4642]

ኢንሻአላህ

[@pauljones3557]

Ethiopian railways looks good. Thanks for always showing the accommodation.

[@BackpackerBen]

What a place 😎

[@xiaofanchen5800]

As a rail lover from Shanghai who frequently travel on these trains and high-speed rail in China. The reason why u cannot use toilet during stop of the train is because your poop directly goes to track when u flush them. The train may not have a sewage system collector. It means if u use bathroom when train stops at station, the poop would be stay on the track of station and it smells.

[@Isochest]

Same here in the UK. I remember seeing orange peel on the track in open country which must have been flushed from a train toilet.

[@nebiyuasfaw985]

Wow! This is a better train than the ones in the United States. Way to go Ethiopia! I'm very impressed.

[@BackpackerBen]

yesss

[@BillAnt]

At 0:15 looks like Ben is performing in a bad porno movie. ha-ha-ha

[@bondmood]

Except for the toilet! 🚽🪠🧻

[@sm1995-q8k]

really did not expect this from ethiopian rail.very nice train.i cam here rit after ur tanzanaian trip video.expected nothing more than tanzanian rail but i was wrong

[@habeshalife9269]

I’m grew up in Addis, never knew there was train like this. Amazed

[@BackpackerBen]

Many say this hahaha

[@biniget3734]

Me too

[@Isochest]

The station is on the outskirts. Ticket touts want you buy a ticket from them to travel on a rickety bus

[@talkingeez3512]

Christ is Risen!!! Happy Easter to the Orthodox Christians all over the world!!!

[@BackpackerBen]

🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@afroman4035]

What about the rest of Christians?

[@mercym1733]

@@afroman4035 I was wondering the same

[@ma.gildaquitua2165]

Give my regards to that lady, she's very friendly and beautiful!

[@BackpackerBen]

Done :)

[@CHINAWUYICOLTD-CSTB]

I Love ETHIOPIA Best wish from China ❤️

[@abrahamtafesse8454]

Thanks!

[@Erm6575]

Very informative and interesting video again. Thank you Ben. I’m an Ethiopian but didn’t know about this night train very cool!!! Happy Ethiopian Easter!!!

[@BackpackerBen]

Give it a go 😎

[@Bekyj]

Thank you for showing beautiful Ethiopia 🇪🇹❤ Ethiopiaዬ raise up and shine.

[@potatoroll6939]

ዛሬ አላሳፈርሽኝም ,እወድሻለሁ አገሬ🇪🇹

[@mercym1733]

Haha temchehegn gn yehenm bihon taliyanoch yeserut new meslegn

[@JohnnySeife]

​@@mercym1733 No this is chinese built i think

[@rutha137]

Waiting till the morning to watch this vid with my family (they'll kill me if I watch without them lol), but I already know it's going to be a great one! Thank you for keeping us entertained, Ben. Stay safe and happy Easter!! God bless.

[@BackpackerBen]

You and your family are the best ❤️

[@abuyousefali]

I've learned to appreciate the "hole in the ground" toilet. The problem is having to take off your pants but it's better than sitting where someone else has sat. Better for your system too.

[@invalidavatar]

true, they're less likely to give you hemorroids

[@abuyousefali]

@@invalidavatar yeah, I heard that before. It's how we take a #2 naturally as children. And something about the alignment of our internals.

[@titodepinto4916]

Ethiopian trains are a million times better than Tanzania trains

[@oboyvlogger5035]

Wooow my country ethiopia 🇪🇹 will be better country under abiy ahmed

[@zartes2076]

the way man said "dire dewa" ... I'm dead 🤣🤣

[@fodraco4414]

I literally saw it then saw ur comment

[@53067]

😂😂😂

[@maab5093]

In Ethiopia things will be changing soon for a better. Thanks take care

[@jonnnyz9519]

How??

[@maab5093]

@@jonnnyz9519 by hardworking people

[@Black-2024]

Compared to Indian trains, this Ethiopian train looks much nicer...loved your videos...happy Ethiopian Easter 🥂👍

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 😬

[@AbhayKumar-rs8hm]

Sorry Indian trains are much better u r mug

[@Black-2024]

@@AbhayKumar-rs8hm ... I've traveled with Indian trains from Kashmir to Chennai & from Hyderabad to Goa & etc ...Btw, I love & admire Indian trains & I've lots of memories on them...I've never traveled with these Ethiopian trains, but from what we saw on this video, they obviously look more new & modern. Cheers "mera behay" ;)

[@BackpackerBen]

@@AbhayKumar-rs8hm they defo are not

[@bosshoggish1]

I remember going to Ethiopia(Jigjiga) for the first time over a decade ago to visit my parents homeland. Although we are Somali, Ethiopia is such a beautiful diverse country. Harrer and Dire Dawa were two of my favorite cities. I remember waiting for our flight in my parents small village and I came across this white guy who was from where I stay in California...what a small world. Needless to say, that was the shortest plane ride due to the good conversations we had.

[@ugandabiker1932]

Am definitely coming to Ethiopia

[@BackpackerBen]

Dooooo it

[@amiattractive2293]

🤣😂🤣 ben I swear you are so funny...you can be comedian 😂🤣😂✌️

[@BackpackerBen]

hehehehehhee

[@sumernegusse6319]

I never knew we have this

[@nabilh.6357]

Waiting for the Hayina feeding show.... 😱🔥🍖

[@BackpackerBen]

Later today 😉

[@nabilh.6357]

@@BackpackerBen Since you're in a great holy islamic city like Harrar in Ramadan you could show us a local iftar meal ceramony... That will be good..👍

[@BackpackerBen]

Sadly back in Addis now!

[@tsedalefikadu1686]

First thanks to visited Ethiopia. But i think something wrong with the history you heard about the building of Ethio _Djiobuti Railway(EDR). You said that the design of the building is taken from Italy. First Ethiopia was not colonized by any, but Italy stayed for only five years. The design of the building is taken from Jimma Abajifar building, which had been exist since in 19th century.

[@dwamburu1]

One more new that I have learnt through your vlog now is that I can take a train from Addis to Dire Dawa . I will definitely do this when I visit Ethiopia next time. Thanks 🙏

[@BackpackerBen]

Have fun! I enjoyed

[@aronjohns4662]

That end hotel is lovely

[@ma.gildaquitua2165]

Keep safe Ben. The lady in the coffee spa is still with your company. Godbless Ben! 🙏

[@BackpackerBen]

She’s great company 🙂 she also has a channel coming soon!

[@bena5264]

WhatsApp Mokshe(namesake) You inspired me to travel with in Ethiopia. I haven't seen half of the places you have seen and I am Ethiopian. Happy Easter bro huge fan

[@BackpackerBen]

Great comment 😁 thank you so much! Have a great Easter

[@RYTG]

so the reason why you cant shit while the train is in station is cuz otherwise the shit will be on the tracks where everyone is waiting for their train, european trains have brushes underneath to "clean" the tracks of any "debris" like this :p

[@zellekagetahun7600]

It’s annoying that you throw in negative remarks on Tanzanian and Indian Trains. If you can edit that out , I’d love to share it . 😊❤️🙏

[@unscinfinity3337]

you took the worst train compartments in india and is surprised they were bad like wtf i don' think you ever tried 3rd ac class in india let alone 2nd or 1st class don't compare them

[@BackpackerBen]

So

[@unscinfinity3337]

@@BackpackerBen Just wanted to clear it up in case you still thought so

[@MichelePonte]

Funniest intro on this channel 😁

[@dschach1996]

The toilet is closed when being at the train station because the 💩 just drops on the tracks since the trains have no waste tanks

[@R.Daneel]

The doors to the bathroom don't unlock until you're moving so that you're not crapping on the tracks right in the train station.

[@eirmeas]

Thank you for showing the good parts of my country! Your videos are awesome and informative. Keep it up brother.

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks mate

[@eastafricana8334]

Love your videos!!! You remind me of that show Idiot Abroad with Ricky Gervais and his friend haha- but thanks for showing that it is possible to travel in Africa! Can't wait to go back to Ethiopia and actually travel as well as see family :) መልካም ፋሲካ!

[@BackpackerBen]

Hahahha I get that a lot 😅

[@ayuutoboss2602]

Woow i like this vlog bro keep it up new subscriber from somalia galkacyo 🇸🇴👍👌👏💪🙌🇸🇴

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks mate !

[@edw5437]

I'm Ethiopian and I've never been to Harar! Harar is so cool from the looks of it! and the train! I heard about it but I've never been in it that is amazing train! and the price is fair! love your videos! keep them coming!

[@Isochest]

It sounds like ERC is not advertising its services well enough. This railway is a real asset and GDP booster and the US Government (its corporate backers) actively fears it

[@narieee2543]

Did u ever get a hair cut in Ethiopia?

[@BackpackerBen]

Yup. Best I’ve had in Africa

[@helenashow1296]

I highly recommend you to make a shirt that says “what a place” lol 😂 that’s yr fav words in ALL your videos:)

[@BackpackerBen]

Good idea!! hhhahahaha

[@Sara-eo1xf]

I'm Ethiopian but I don't konw this trip from Sweden 🇸🇪🔥❤️🤔

[@BackpackerBen]

Love it 😎

[@Sara-eo1xf]

😘🤗

[@antoinettedubarry5742]

dont open until the train leaves so people don't sneak on!

[@johnafrica7979]

$20 is okay price

[@jahstafari4606]

...i dont comment much but all i want to say is thank you for putting yourself through all this comfortable travelling ...we could never see all this places without it ...great videos ....nice wiev and perspective and picture we see of places u visit

[@BackpackerBen]

You're the best!

[@OrliandeGray]

@@BackpackerBen it's true. I wanted to try the train with my kids(have a trainer). And now I see what to expect. So thanks

[@BackpackerBen]

My pleasure 😎

[@zamzammohammed6057]

I hear somali lady in the bus talkin 😂

[@FarhanSwaggy]

Nayaahe naa wa soosocdaye. My somali people every where

[@mohamudabdi6304]

Hhh Aad iyo aad. Waa somalida Dir-ka Ethiopia ayuu train ku dhexmaraa, markuu oromo da iyo canfarta soo dhaafo.

[@FarhanSwaggy]

@@mohamudabdi6304 Wow! Finally someone heard me tho'🤣 One love one people ❤💕

[@aminomame5911]

What are you talking about mate dire dawa belong to Somalis

[@FarhanSwaggy]

@@aminomame5911 I barely know about Mali's Amino coz am half Somali

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

It is safer and healthy to squat , especially if your food lacks fiber .

[@NATO4623]

Correction : Ethiopia had been occupied by Italy for 5 years

[@samz3028]

Ear plugs, eye mask, neck support pillow, air pillow, face towel, polarised sunglasses. Useful travel accessories.

[@habeshaentertainment532]

The toilet reaction hahaha , btw that's typical habeshan toilet

[@hibaqsunny9335]

Does this sleeping train goes to Djibouti?

[@habeshalaughs9487]

HI Ben nice video😁 If u come back to Addis you should go to Friendship square around 4 kilo area. I think they're open after 2 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends...entrance is 10 USD

[@BackpackerBen]

What can I do there? :)

[@habeshalaughs9487]

@@BackpackerBen Nothing much to do😅 but it's a beautiful place...also very near to Unity park which you should definitely see

[@Loneranger670]

Reason why toilet doors are locked while train is stationary is a preventative measure against stowaways boarding the train at stops.

[@peaceforall8032]

Happy Easter everyone! Harare the city of Love 😍

[@BackpackerBen]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@mikeatsibha7835]

I Hope you are celebrating Eastern with us Ben

[@BackpackerBen]

I am hoping to go somewhere today but no idea where

[@mikeatsibha7835]

@@BackpackerBen for you I recommend Ethiopian traditional azmari bet "night club".

[@ambessashield9360]

@@BackpackerBen christians are a minority in eastern Ethiopia but you should be able to find an orthodox church somewhere.. Good luck 😄

[@lifeinparis2856]

Our Train is very confortable 😂

[@varunprasanna3114]

2:06 indian trains are not always like that we have modern trains such as the vande Bharat , Tejas , rajdhani, shatabdi which is completely made by India , the train that he travelled in India was unreserved non AC trains which is generally for the poor people who can't afford ticket in AC classes , nowadays our trains are equipped with bio toilets and is almost 90% electrified which only INDIA has achieved, it's not an easy task to maintain with track length of 70,000 km and yearly travellers in indian railways with more than 8 billion . And indian trains are very affordable , I am sure that the train that he went on in India was a very cheap one .

[@sanjoe7265]

Indian poop

[@TECHCRACKin]

Yes these beggars can't afford good train in India 😂😂😂

[@ethiopia6030]

Am Ethiopian but didn’t know we have a night train and have never been in a train in Ethiopia your Video inspired me to try and know about them. Thank you for sharing and absolutely deserve to be subscribed

[@BackpackerBen]

That's great! thank you :)

[@borokdophadopha9840]

Hey 😊 Backpacker U have been traveling all around the world and my question is How many languages can you speak perfectly so far...?

[@BackpackerBen]

None 😂

[@yigermalmetew4360]

Some forty nine years ago as a twenty year old newly minted government health inspector; I boarded this night train called 'loterina' in Addis Abeba ensconced in a second class bunk like your surrounded by coach class merchants, some riding the roof illegally selling cintroband items and arrived in Dire Dawa the next morning. In spite of the cacophony; for a young highlander like me; it was a trip of a life time to the warmer, sandier and friutted plains of eastern Ethiopia. Forty nine years later; after riding Amtrak trains and NYC subways; to me this was my maiden voyage to our Ethiopian orient. Thanks for the memory Ben.

[@ketemamisirach4724]

Your video still showing well inside and out looks of the city very well. Brilliant 👍 Happy Easter

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks, you too!

[@iamnate6415]

I died when I saw how narrow the toilet hole is

[@BackpackerBen]

The smell killed me

[@bellav6686]

Ya what you expect portable toilet maybe Calvin Klein perfume what are you expecting lol

[@alexemmadebor3698]

Hey Ben did you get any explanation for why you had to pay extra? I was in Ethiopia 3 years ago and i was asked to pay extra for domestic flights because i'm a foreigner. The locals are decent and heapful.

[@BackpackerBen]

I pay more because I’m a foreigner. No other reason 😩🤣

[@dr5102]

The thing with flights is that if you enter Ethiopia with Ethiopian Airlines then you get the normal price on the domestic flights. But If you choose any other airline to enter Ethiopia then you’ll have to pay foreign price.

[@kassahuntesfay1868]

Are u seriouse is that in Addis abeba train station????wooooooow

[@BackpackerBen]

YESSSS :)

[@omeral-shareqi6236]

Nice video! I’m wondering why it takes 12 hours from Addis Ababa to Dire Dawa. The distance is only 456 km!

[@etegegigi1321]

It used to take way less time but the cattles and wild animals keep getting in the trail and getting hit so it had to slow down

[@Athrunwong]

@@etegegigi1321 just kill the stupid animals!

[@_AloS]

The Bed, It feels like climbing 🧗‍♂️ 🤣

[@aifaasmith.]

The hotel is indeed very nice, love the bright blue colour! 😍😍😍

[@BackpackerBen]

It really is!

[@isthatyou1836]

Hey from Meghalaya ❤️ shwengpongdeng 😆

[@cusmaancumar7356]

Did he think Africa is a country? Imagine having a bad experience on Bulgarian trains then swearing not use trains in Europe. What an ignorant decision. All trains in Africa are the same, aren't they? 😋 Africa is a country.😋

[@abibnoor]

I would do that.

[@cusmaancumar7356]

@@abibnoor What would you do??

[@Liban_Dire]

I Miss you Dire 😞

[@petermurage8685]

The train is heaven. Try taking a bus or minivan from Addis to Harrar.

[@bunga_renda]

Try Indonesian train

[@leomandchourian5460]

Ethio-Djibouti railway🚂

[@melg5113]

10:08 SELAM AT THE BACK hehe

[@BackpackerBen]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IndjanTraveler]

The train looks really good!😀 Was it made in China?

[@BackpackerBen]

wouldn't surprise me lol

[@nmg7489]

@@BackpackerBen yes the Chinese built it lol

[@kind03cn]

right, imported from China. should be model 25T

[@yaredalmaw6644]

You taught how to travel and manage life thank you

[@BackpackerBen]

It's my pleasure my friend

[@tombimashri8149]

Ben your vloggs are all so interesting love them. X you keep safe

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@rodlambo]

Ben Officially Ethiopian

[@kiyakassa1726]

Whenever I watch something about Ethiopia, I pause and read the comments first. Lol des yemil kehone I will watch yemiyasafir kehone kes biye wilik 😂

[@chutulotanbaro2507]

Still in Ethiopia? Amazing!

[@fruitinlondon2942]

Wow , love this video so much that I am going to google the Tanzania video😂

[@BackpackerBen]

On my channel 🙂

[@fruitinlondon2942]

@@BackpackerBen I just did and found it absolutely hilarious. I am so happy I found you and subscribed your channel. Keep it coming please.

[@BackpackerBen]

@@fruitinlondon2942 loaaaads to come ;)

[@osmanahmed2189]

Ben Welcome to harar Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks 🤩

[@deanl0]

The Italians fail miserably to colonized Ethiopia.. Oh did anybody succeeded at colonizing any country.. Whitewash..

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

It is affordable.

[@wavesnbikes]

Your train in Tanzania looks like the locomotive was braking with the Independent probably because the Automatic was inoperative?

[@kidus5431]

Love your videos. Keep up the great work. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay here. Here's a suggestion. Check out a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers called Ethiopia. They wrote it after Flea got lost while they were visiting Harar. Great song.

[@BackpackerBen]

I shall check it now! 🙌🏼😅

[@kidus5431]

@@BackpackerBen Nice track, isn't it? Especially the bass.

[@incremental_failure]

Foreigner pricing - automatic skip for the whole country. The toilets probably don't open until they're moving because it's a hole in the ground, so they don't want the station smelling like sht.

[@alishugrii9919]

Dire dawa is my hometown

[@BackpackerBen]

🙌🏼😁

[@alishugrii9919]

@@BackpackerBen lolu

[@promise_2023]

Mine too 😍

[@honeylondon1]

Somalidana gaalkacayo baa ukala xiran BARXLEY IYO SUUSACLEEY DUF KU BAXA

[@fay3294]

“I promised I’d never take a train in Africa again” ok but Africa is an entire continent, one experience in one country shouldn’t elicit that kind of reaction. Just saying!

[@KORNABLOCK]

i thought the same thing when he said that. These Europeans and other groups always try to paint Africa in a bad light in every chance they get.

[@mahleteyobel4440]

honestly,, like if you were warned not to go on a sleeper train then don’t go??? and then generalize the entire continent based on one experience???

[@sergeantskrtskrt9594]

Calm down y'all.

[@hersimadobe1439]

@@KORNABLOCK Devil's as always. Don't let them this evils film ya. Hypicrites will never show the good things about the motherland

[@AngelSGG]

​@@KORNABLOCKits not like what happened on Tanzania was okay.