Ah Bahir Dar. Bahir Dar is a beautiful town on the banks of Lake Tana – source of the Blue Nile. After an extremely dirty, hot, dusty journey you find yourself in this oasis, complete with palm lined streets and flowers. But getting there was something of a challenge. Arranged to leave Lalibela via a private vehicle – a [...]

Lalibela. Met a few very nice boys who became my friends and showed me around the place (Misaw was 14 and Getachew was 10 but looked around 7 since he was generally lacking for food), in addition to a Frenchman who was riding a motorcycle across Africa and the Middle East. Lalibela was the first [...]