In rural areas most people walk, possibly for hours to distant places. There are small 3-wheel motercycle-based vehicles used for taxis. There are busses between cities.
Lalibela pilgrims walking home, which may take a few days.

Donkeys are used to carry loads or pull wagons loaded with items.
donkey

donkeys pulling carts of sticks and bags

common taxi

In Hawassa we saw our first 4-wheeled and larger 3-wheeled taxis.

Lalibela pilgrims walking home, being passed by a regional bus.

Rural roads in Ethiopia are not always built for heavy traffic. They warp and crumble.
clay pushes up when wet.
Good 2-lane, each way, divided expressways exist close to the Addis Ababa capital.

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