Thursday, 12 June 2014

Ethiopia dish..they never use cutlery...this is the dish  I ate....you tear some of the grey coloured stuff off with your left and and. scoop some meat into the grey stuff...no wonder I've been sick!!

Michael with the locals en route Bahir Dar to Gondar 
 Children in class at the commune en route to Gondar....
 The commune makes most of its own fabric thus clothing and for sale....
The kitchen in the commune houses....Michael was very impressed at how clean and tidy everything was....remember I was in the sick bay!!

 One  of the 4 castles in the Royal enclosure in Gondar....
The swimming pool...Bath of King Fasilides which takes 2 months to fill and used in December each year for people to refresh their baptism....

 Mini Ankor Wat within the Royal enclosure in Gondar...
 Queen of Sheeba's bath....Gondar....
 As above....
The church that King Haleselassie built and 500 year old book....


Euphoria tree....

 Coffee making ceremony at Alan's friends house....
 Typical village driving from airport to down town Lalibela....
 Lalibela and the biggest church King Lalibela had carved out of the rock from the top down....
 As above....
Inside, men only...I wasn't allowed in this part....

As is says...Tomb of Adam....

 Always a priest in the churches and they would always rush out back and put on their robes and want a photo and want money!!
Getting in and out of these churches was different!!

Typical bridge to get into some places....

 The Church of St George and the last church that King Lalibela built....then we climbed down and went inside same....
As above...

 Sunday morning in Lalibela and the race for empowerment of women was on!!
 The final climb to 3,000 metres to the 1st church that King Lalibela built on the top of the mountain before he constructed all the other churches at a lower level from the better granite rock....
 The view from our Hotel at Lalibela looking towards the restaurant which is at the top right hand corner of the photo and picture below shows the restaurant where we had dinner and chatted with Susan, the Scottish lady who owns the place....

 Both photos, exploring more churches in Lalibela ....

More village life in Lalibela....

Where we climbed to 3,000 metres....

 Both photos, the restaurant again....
Both photos where we watched the sunset and dined....



1 comment:

  1. Fantastic photos. Gorillas so cute. Looks hot!!! Be careful with the food! Laurel and Rex

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