I stopped along the road from Shashemene to Soddo in Aje to take photos of the giant cacti and out of nowhere, one villager after another began to appear. Suddenly I was completely surrounded by 25 or 30 of these beautifully, super colorfully dressed people who spoke no English but were babbling at me non stop, and in the presence of the giant super green cacti, is was all so surreal. These were just the first few people to arrive.