Miscellaneous |
Mountain near Kosober The road at this point is at 2650m – the highest point on my journey from Gilgel to Bahir Dar. |
Wedding near Karr ridge I had to cross this 30km long ridge and drop 700m to get to Gilgel. |
Meskel Celebration “Finding of the True Cross” Orthodox Christian festival in September. |
Lake Tana, Bahir Dar Bahir Dar is a large town on the southern edge of the lake and is 6 hours drive from Gilgel, but is the nearest airport and source of foreign food. |
Papyrus boat on Lake Tana |
Lake Tana Island Monastery Entrance For half of the population! |
Towards the end of the dry season everything gets burned for square kilometers around the village. |
Inside my house note all the buckets and bowls to collect water (which is only on for an hour in the morning and one in the evening... sometimes!) |
Amharic alphabet I taught myself to read the letters. |