At church.
1.4 million years old (+ or - a couple of weeks)
She walks seven miles to the market to sell wood. Ethiopians rely on wood for cooking and construction,
I was struck by Ethiopian women’s hairstyles.
Without cars Ethiopians rely on themselves to get things from one place to another.
This businesswoman was unlike the majority of women we saw over almost three weeks.
We spent a morning in her home as she roasted coffee beans, ground them with a pestle, then brewed coffee. She then made injera for us.
The national food of Ethiopia
This seventeen year old boy has one more year before he will have his own church.
We traveled through country populated by hyenas
Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest lake
Without running water in many homes, Ethiopians take large plastic bins to wells and other sources
Buyers and Sellers
Boys sell ropes to cattle buyers to lead the cattle back to their homes
Wood is used everywhere
Teenage boys will clean your trainers thoroughly, removing the laces and washing with brushes the outside of your shoes. Fifteen minutes. The cost? $.75
Most Ethiopians wear plastic shoes
Barefoot boys are tough!
George Bush stayed here
We were at 10,000’ for three days in the Semien Mountains
Satellite dish
We watched as the male on the right tried in vain to persuade the female to enjoy his attentions
We crashed it, but were welcomed by all
Children at the wedding dancing
The national dish. Injera pancakes made from the grain teff, heated over fire, then torn by hands to scoop up hot sauces and meat. Families make hundreds of injera pancakes every week.
The boy’s father made the little boats that he’s carrying, replicas of the fishermen’s boats on Lake Tana
As we passed children one boy took off trying to run faster than we could go
The men were inside
Workers in the 11th century began with the roof and worked their way down and inside
The service began at 10:30 Saturday night and continued until 5:30 am. We left.
11th century
When his father passes the son will be the church guardian
Built from the top down
The cross is reversible. The other side is the Crucifixion
The cross weighed several pounds, and he was none too gentle in “blessing” me
4th Century carvings, marked as sites for burials of royalty
On the way to bless people
Ethiopian Christians contend that the Ark of the Covenant resides in a chapel within the small town of Axum, where they believe it arrived nearly three millennia ago, watched over by a group of nuns who are forbidden to leave the chapel until their demise. 4th Century A.D,
Fabulous guide, fabulous trip