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| Page Views: 10,417 Last Visit to Ethiopia: August, 2006 | An unknown jewel by SirRichard - last update: Sep 2, 2006 |
More than deserts and hungry kids | Priest visiting Tis Abay Falls |
I have just returned from a 17 days trip to Ethiopia. I went there independent, bought a Lufthansa air ticket and after arriving in Addis i started taking buses to do all the "Historic Route" in the north, clockwise to Bahir Dar, Gonder, Axum, Tigray and Lalibela. As things went much better than expected, I still had 3 days left in Addis, so I took another bus to follow the steps of my admired Burton and enter the muslim city of Harar, in the East.
In spite of the common western perception of Ethiopia as a dry desert where everybody is hungry, I have discovered a wonderful green country with lots of interesting treasures and monuments, water (maybe too much, I went in rainy season) and friendly people. |
|  | A rich heritage What attracts most visitors to Ethiopia are the fantastic rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, but there are many other top attractions in the country. This is what I saw: - Bahir Dar: The Blue Nile source and Falls. Lake Tana and its orthodox monasteries. - Gonder: Medieval Castles and the incredible H.D.Selassie church with amazing paintings on walls and ceiling. - Axum: the monolite stelae, the church of St.Mary of Sion (where the Ark of the Covenant is said to be). - Tigray: the many remote monasteries and churches in the rocks (yes, IN!), Yeha archeological site and Debre Damo holy monastery. - Lalibela: the world know rock-hewn churches. - Harar: a walls surrounded citadel, the muslim markets, the feeding of the hyaenas. - Addis: museums, the Merkato market, restaurants, Entoto Hills. |
Green Ethiopia, gorgeous landscapes Travelling around the north gives you the chance to admire somre incredible green mountain landscapes. It was a trip full of surprises: pushing the bus out of the mud became a daily activity, sleping with the monks in Debre Damo isolated monastery was an unique experience, travelling in trucks, donkeys, and even a UN Peace Forces pickup near the Eritrean border made the trip interesting, travelling by bus in Ethiopia is a resistance challenge, with bus rides of 10-12 hours daily... In the pic you can see me painting my Travel Diary on top of Debre Damo monastery. | | |
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jennyrobot Tue Oct 30, 2007 14:38 UTC
An absoutely beautiful collection of works. Simply inspiring. Thank you. | northeast80 Sat Oct 27, 2007 07:21 UTC
What fantastic pages, informative and very interesting to look at, you get a real sense of the place through your paintings. | uaamom Fri Oct 26, 2007 05:14 UTC
Your watercolor diaries are absolutely charming! I need to work on my Spanish though! | Ekahau Thu Jun 21, 2007 22:08 UTC
Lalibela is such a cool place great pages Sir Richard and Injhera with several kinds of Wat oh tasty. wonderful photos. A place I have been back to 12 times but 6 of them were so far back Haile Selassie was the king of Kings |
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