SOOOO DIFFICULT! Had no clue that finding a bus from Adama to Dire Dawa would be such a challenge. I expected this to be easy. Go to bus station, pick a bus company, buy a ticket. But NO! Turns out that there is NO proper long distance bus station! Here is my adventure and the difficulties I'm facing as a tourist trying to travel by bus from Adama to Dire Dawa in Ethiopia. First I struggle to find the right bus station and to buy a ticket, but the local people I met were very helpful and guiding

“Dire Dawa or Dirdhaba is Somali city and it will stay Somali for ever” says a politician Aden Alaale from Dire Dawa | Dirre Online