Travelling Sudan, pt. 4: Heaven…
We spend the night at the family run Nile Hotel. For a little extra fee we even get a home-cooked diner. The next morning we find the flashy new Atbara bus station. After only 2 hours of waiting we get on
Travelling Sudan, pt. 1: Into the devil’s den
We enter Sudan from Ethiopia. During our last days there the weather had grown increasingly cold and rainy. Now the further North we go the more the sun and the heat come out. At the border we have to go
I see a river in my future
July 06, 2012. The river Nile has crossed my path a couple of times already on this journey. - Or should I say 'I've crossed the Nile a couple of times already?' I crossed the Victoria Lake which is source to
Gonder pics
2012-06-30 - Gonder, Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. The Ethiopian kings moved to Gonder after Axum and Lalibela and before they made Addis Ababa the country's capital. In the large Fiseledas complex you can still visit the castles build by King
Interlude
June 29, 2012. Having almost finished the Northern Ethiopia circle and not quite ready to move on to my second last country on this Africa trip I decided to give you an update of a different kind today. Travelling via public
Ethiopia road pics
2012-06-21 to 27 - Random Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. Traveling the roads of Northern Ethiopia (aka 'the historic route') is sometimes hair raising. The good news, though, is that the roads are worked on. And that - for the sheer
Axum pics
2012-06-25 and 26 - Axum (Aksum), Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. Axum is the first Ethiopian kingdom (followed by Lalibela and Gonder). But apart from large stelae fields that are believed to be graveyards for the mighty Axum has another treasure:
Lalibela pics
2012-06-22 - Lalibela, Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. Lalibela is one of those magic places that seems lost somewhere in time. Not only for it's nine centuries old rock-hewn churches but for its tranquil little restaurants and the people that seem
Saint George church pics
2012-06-22 - Saint George church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. Saint George is arguably the most beautiful of the eleven churches in the Lalibela complex. NB: As we took so many pictures that day I divided them into three sets: Northern
Blue Nile Falls (Tis’Isat) pics
2012-06-19 - Blue Nile Falls, Tis'Isat, Ethiopia, a set on Flickr. Only a few kilometers from Bahir Dar and the shores of Lake Tana the Blue Nile - during dry season in a rich chocolate brown color - has to overcome