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Ethiopia Part 1 - the north...

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Addis Ababa
Injera
Injera (savoury pancake made from tef) and various types of wat (traditional spicy meat & veg stews)
Karamara restaurant
Sound clip live music
1min24 secs 165kb
accessible toilet
Ethiopia's only accessible
toilet? (In the airport...)
Bathroom door, Lido hotel
Bathroom door, Lido hotel
- a bit narrow!



Gondar
Fogera hotel
Our room
Fogera hotel
view
The view from Fogera hotel
wheelchair access!
The access!
gondar
Gondar street
draughts
Bottletop draughts
black kite
Black Kite
Sound clip 20secs 41kb
variable sunbird
Variable Sunbird
streaky seedeater
Streaky Seedeater
bronze sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
speckled mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Opposite Debre Birhan Selassie church
Opposite Debre Birhan Selassie church

Debre Birhan Selassie church
Debre Birhan Selassie church 17th century
Sound clip Birdsounds in churchyard 35secs 70kb
The Royal Enclosure
The Royal Enclosure
Fasilidas' bathing pool
Fasilidas' bathing pool
Fig tree roots at Fasilidas' pool
Fig tree roots at Fasilidas' pool
African scaffolding
African scaffolding
The 'Delicious Pastry' shop
The 'Delicious Pastry'
shop - fresh pineapple and fresh avocado juice


Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea
Africa style
Dessie & wee pal
Dessie & wee pal



Simien Mountains
En route Gondar to Debark
En route Gondar
to Debark
En route Gondar to Debark
En route Gondar
to Debark
Simien Mountains
Simien Mountains
Klipspringers
Klipspringers
Lunchtime at Sankaber
Lunchtime at
Sankaber
Lunchtime at Sankaber
Lunchtime
Thick billed raven
Thick billed raven
Sound clip 30secs 60kb
Gelada baboons
Gelada baboons
Gelada baboons
Gelada baboons
Gelada baboons
Gelada baboons



Gondar to Bahir Dar - 4 to 5 hours by road
Travelling light!
Travelling light!
Woolly Necked Stork
Woolly Necked Stork
'Kwala?' Johannis Rock
'Kwala?' Johannis
Rock (there's a church at the base)

Charcoal making
Charcoal making
Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar



Blue Nile Falls (Amharic is 'Tis Abay' - smoke of the Nile)
Crossing the Blue Nile
Crossing the
Blue Nile
No road...
No road...
so on the shoulders...
so on the shoulders...
Sound clip 1min27secs 171kb (confusion as Gordon is lifted skywards... listen for his involuntary squeak of fear!)
then wooden poles arrive!
then wooden poles arrive!
Resting
Resting
The ideal technique
The ideal technique
At the Falls
At the Falls
Lets go closer
Lets go closer
In the spray
In the spray

Music arrives - massinko
Music arrives - massinko
Sound clip 1min31secs 179kb
Red Bishop in coffee tree
Red Bishop in coffee tree
Back at the river crossing
Back at the
river crossing


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