We had a week in Addis Ababa after returning from our Northern tour and spent a lot of the time catching up with more friends. We visited the house where I used to volunteer and spent time talking with the girls and house mother there. We visited more friends and ate more good food. …
Category: Ethiopia
Monasteries and hippos
We took a minibus on a four hour drive from Gonder to Bahir Dar, which is a little town next to Lake Tana. That afternoon we watched the pelicans down at Mango Bar by the lakefront – the pelicans congregate outside the bar and it’s a popular place for a juice or a coffee. …
The castles of Gondar
We discovered when we reached the airport to fly from Axum to Gondar that our flight had been moved an hour earlier. Luckily we were there in plenty of time – we had been calling to confirm our other flights and had even been told before going to Lalibela that all flights were confirmed! We…
The Kingdom of Axum
We took a short flight from Lalibela to Axum (also known as Aksum), where we arrived around midday. Axum was a historic capital of Ethiopia – allegedly the past empire of Queen Sheba and the present home of the Ark of the Covenant. We went for a walk in the afternoon to explore – our…
The churches of Lalibela
We flew from Addis Ababa to Lalibela, a little town perched on the hills in the north of Ethiopia. We decided to do our “Northern Tour” independently rather than on a tour as we wanted to be able to do things in our own time. Our first stop was the town of Lalibela, known largely…
Our first few days in Addis Ababa
In 2006 I (Karen) spent a year living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was one of the best and most challenging years of my life, and I had talked ever since about Ethiopia so Reuben was keen to come and explore it. We arrived at Bole airport at the unfortunate time of 3am (thanks, Egypt…
Meandering Kiwis 