In the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the twelve-hour clock is king. Therefore, six in the morning European time is twelve o’clock Ethiopian time. After one hour of sunshine, it’s one ‘o’clock in the morning – or 7am European time. As the sun sets in the evening, the Ethiopian clock strikes twelve on the European count of six which means that 7pm is one hour after darkness and so on… At first, adapting to this seemingly topsy-turvy approach to time feels similar to the biannual muddle caused by the switchover from BST to GMT (and vice-versa), except it happens every day, only more mind-blowing. It’s taken a fortnight so far…