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

[@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

[@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 👍🏽🙏🏽

[@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. 🚂🚂

[@swalehelshabiby5915]

I LOVE ETHIOPIA 😘🤝🖐From Mombasa with LOVE

[@BackpackerBen]

Mombassa 🙌🏼

[@hathilinh86]

Haha, I just left mombasa and now Im in ethiopia

[@Sidetracked_in_Macau]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

🤝

[@shambelovely4398]

East Africa

[@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 😎

[@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.

[@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

[@Bekyj]

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

[@eirmeas]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks mate

[@merafterouni9904]

Happy Easter ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹.....

[@BackpackerBen]

HAPPY EASTER

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ❤️

[@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! 🚽🪠🧻

[@ma.gildaquitua2165]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

Done :)

[@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 :)

[@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 😎

[@ketemamisirach4724]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks, you too!

[@Loneranger670]

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

[@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!

[@maab5093]

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

[@jonnnyz9519]

How??

[@maab5093]

@@jonnnyz9519 by hardworking people

[@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

[@edtad9549]

The best travel video of Ethiopia EVER! Ben you captured the moment so good it made me wanna pick up and travel right now!

[@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.

[@volavecmoi]

Thanks you so much dude, and thanks to youtube to have suggest me your video. I was looking for an overview of this trip

[@talkingeez]

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

[@bondmood]

My favorite of your videos are when you're in a bus, train, etc. Especially the one where you had to cling for dear life on the top bunk. Not sure what that says about me? I guess I just keep thanking God it's not me. Lol. I feel sooo bad for you, though. What a trooper you are! Also, I cringed when you showed another hole-in-the-floor toilet. I couldn't do it. The people in those countries seem more fit and healthy than the states. My first ever experience with a toilet like that was along a highway rest stop in Italy. I had never seen one beforehand. I'll stop blabbing 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.

[@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

[@bargepoled]

Took a train up the coast of Kenya many years ago. 1st class was silver service! Amazing journey

[@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

[@aronjohns4662]

That end hotel is lovely

[@tombimashri8149]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@zartes2076]

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

[@fodraco4414]

I literally saw it then saw ur comment

[@53067]

😂😂😂

[@peaceforall8032]

Happy Easter everyone! Harare the city of Love 😍

[@BackpackerBen]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@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

[@Baxnaanshe]

Waaw this video very ameize and i learned more information .keep going bro ,I AM SOMALIA. GOOD LUKY.

[@gggg-fr5qp]

An informative video, thanks Ben

[@samumele5467]

thank you bro for introducing the positive side of Ethiopia!

[@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!

[@ugandabiker1932]

Am definitely coming to Ethiopia

[@BackpackerBen]

Dooooo it

[@ron-waynehoekstra7007]

Seat belts ? Where r u heading into ? A hostel ? Not mentioned in film . How much and all . Safety is like for foreigners ?

[@kind03cn]

not sure why they keep the light on. In China lights will be turned off in the sleeper car (since the train is imported from China and the crew is also trained by Chinese company)

[@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 😄

[@snowangelnc]

Thanks Ben! If all goes well, I'll be in Ethiopia next month. Your videos have been helpful. :)

[@BackpackerBen]

Amazing! Enjoy 😉

[@Sami-dp5ss]

You totally deserve my subscription because your videos are spot on!! Enjoy 😊 your trip mate!!

[@BackpackerBen]

Legend!

[@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.

[@sumernegusse6319]

I never knew we have this

[@samz3028]

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

[@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

[@aifaasmith.]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

It really is!

[@callysun]

This is good information. I been to that new train station in Addis, just to see. Now we know how to go about it if we actually book a ticket. Will definately have a bed. Good filming. People seem to accept it. Thanks! Melkam Fasika! (Happy Easter!)

[@BackpackerBen]

amazing thanks :)

[@deega1234]

awesome vid. Mark Wiens stayed @ that hostel in Harar - it was featured in one of his cooking shows.

[@BackpackerBen]

Incredible!

[@eastafricana497]

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 😅

[@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

[@abjas9696]

Hellow that’s good trip u had. By the way may I ask what kind of camera u film I see it in the mirror 7:45 please explain

[@BackpackerBen]

osmo pocket 2 :)

[@abjas9696]

@@BackpackerBen thanks for your Quik answer and keep it up 👍

[@amiattractive2293]

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

[@BackpackerBen]

hehehehehhee

[@senda9782]

Thank you for new information....please tell us the price in Ethiopian Birr for everything you paid (hotel or motel & transportation) so we can come Ethiopia ready Thanks again and you are a lucky guy

[@samumele5467]

one dollar is equivalent to 42 eth birr legally.I think it is cheap for a dollar

[@stanislavkostarnov2157]

my experience was similar in terms of the general design, but it was definitely a much older car... looked like yours was a bit of a premium train maybe....

[@petermurage8685]

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

[@fhassan33]

Wow, what a difference! I’m from Ethiopia, and trust me, the French trains back there were much better. first class used to have a compartment with a couchette and a large window private balcony, with ice for drinking-such nostalgia! I feel like Africa is moving backward in some ways.

[@SirCarlosMusicBMI]

🌴🌴🌴 Life before KAT! How did you do it??? Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

[@Actuallynahom]

Happy Easter fasica for everyone happy Easter fasica Ben thx😀

[@BackpackerBen]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@tkgb1528]

Ethiopians are very polite and welcoming people

[@yabesraewnetu4486]

Melkam Fasica. I am so happy to see people enjoying all the beauty that Ethiopia had to offer and really bringing light to the diamond. Many don’t know that Ethiopia is the only uncolonized country with over 100 languages and a majority of the worlds tribes still there as a result. Have fun there mate and keep posting these vids

[@BackpackerBen]

thanks for watching :)

[@mohamudabdi6304]

Are you going to Dire dawa and harar? I am sure you will love harar.

[@BackpackerBen]

Standby 😉

[@hibaqsunny9335]

Does this sleeping train goes to Djibouti?

[@tezetaaschalew6468]

Derey dewa ! That part is really funny 🤣 when you thought you reached the place and relaysed you haven't 🤣 I couldn't stop laughing, are you from England?

[@jossylove914]

100..00 birr is almost 2.50€--3.00€ good price and nice comfortable 🚆 train, nice trip

[@BackpackerBen]

This was 900 👀

[@potatoroll6939]

ዛሬ አላሳፈርሽኝም ,እወድሻለሁ አገሬ🇪🇹

[@mercym1733]

Haha temchehegn gn yehenm bihon taliyanoch yeserut new meslegn

[@JohnnySeife]

​@@mercym1733 No this is chinese built i think

[@TheDivora123]

Firs time watch your videos and it's so cool and fun miss my country land Ethiopia ;)

[@BackpackerBen]

thanks for watching :)

[@Trojanaddis]

What camera are you using? Nice work

[@romangoshu8510]

Thank you bro.for showing our country

[@BackpackerBen]

:) thanks

[@kingbenBlogs]

Where do i take the train to adiss to dire dawa

[@WingsOfADream1]

4:34 cuz u shit on the floor... ground.. whatever... also fun tip dont go near train tracks because poop aside there is a reason plants dont grow on the tracks and that is EXCESSIVE pesticide usage.

[@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

[@wavesnbikes]

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

[@mubarakpallath9820]

If I want to travel from addis ababa to harar / jijiga trains are avaliable ??

[@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 ;)

[@Isochest]

That's about GBP £15-16. Nothing for a 500 mile 800km sleeper journey in comfort across what is in parts hostile desert terrain

[@lemmeng96]

oh gosh that cut to the toilet at 5:42 had me dying XD that was my exact reaction during my first trip to ethiopia from the states xP

[@BackpackerBen]

I was dying for a dump all night but no chance am I going there

[@hailuayano3953]

Wow ,so that is what first class looks like in The Ethiopian train .I took the same train last year from Dire Dawa to Addis in economy class.It was so full we ride it in the dining fargo :( and people were throwing trash everywhere it was so messy.The toilet also was so bad and out of water. Beside that the train ride was so smooth and it was the afternoon train ,so I enjoy the beautifull scenery.When you come back from Dire Dawa take the morning train ,less passengers and you will enjoy the scenery all the way to Addis Ababa .

[@BackpackerBen]

That sucks!!! Hate people who litter

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

This may be the only sleeping car on the line or in Ethiopian Railways passenger fleet. Keep in mind this is a new line opened only in the last decade after being built by Chinese interests. Kenya has a similar new line between Mombasa and Nairobi with three passenger trips each way. daily.

[@supermannnnnnnable]

I used to travel when I was your age. Thank you for taking me on your adventures now that I am a single Dad! If you ever come to Palm Coast Florida, you have a free room and tour guide that has lived in Florida over 20 years. Thanks again! I enjoy our cyber adventures together mate!

[@yaredalmaw6644]

You taught how to travel and manage life thank you

[@BackpackerBen]

It's my pleasure my friend

[@OdetteBoone]

make a video about a day in my life while abroad. It will be interesting to watch 😁

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

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

[@CHINAWUYICOLTD-CSTB]

I Love ETHIOPIA Best wish from China ❤️

[@abrahamtafesse8454]

Thanks!

[@ethiopiatinur4432]

I am traveling in the outskirts of Addis right now... where is this train station?!

[@reyhudson996]

Adama

[@BackpackerBen]

placed called jembo? jambo or something

[@AdamMengistu]

@@BackpackerBen *Jemo 😂😂

[@ethiopiatinur4432]

Oh so it’s in Addis actually... Gemo area (laphto?)

[@ismaelmohammed6008]

@@BackpackerBen jemo

[@dylanlewis3668]

Love your videos mate! What do you use to put all your clips together before posting the video?

[@chutulotanbaro2507]

Still in Ethiopia? Amazing!

[@osmanahmed2189]

Ben Welcome to harar Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@BackpackerBen]

Thanks 🤩