24 June

20150624 063145 Early morning Addis Ababa 20150624 063154 At least it wasn't hot 20150624 063159 The shuttle to the airport 20150624 093900 Hours later, in Gondar, the old capital of Ethiopia
20150624 102804 Street scene without sounds DSCN3848 From Gondar we drove toward Debark on the edge of an escarpment. DSCN3849 Looking off the edge DSCN3850 Here is the actual edge!
DSCN3851 Acacias on the plateau surface DSCN3852 Acacia DSCN3855 Our guide DSCN3856 Acacia grove
DSCN3857 Rather skinny equids but at least the mare reproduced DSCN3858 Willem and Getemet discussing DSCN3860 Sheep making sure that the grass doesn't get out of control DSCN3861 Our host, Hans Hurni, talking with local kids
DSCN3862 Highland landscape: intensely used DSCN3864 The goal of our expedition DSCN3865 Tag Demment worked here as a PCV. The gentleman on the right is Hans' father-in-law. DSCN3866 The Park is home to ibex
DSCN3867 Getemet, Willem and Hans at the Park Counter. Hans was once the Warden of the Park.. DSCN3869 The Park Headquarters built recently by the Austrians DSCN3870 In the afternoon we took a trip to and then down over the escarpment. DSCN3873 Looking down
DSCN3874 Flat volcanic strata eroded over time. DSCN3875 Hans and the guard (part of our part) conferring 20150624 133240 Getemet DSCN3877 Leaflets
DSCN3880 I felt a bit on the edge of the world DSCN3881 This is wild relative of the eggplant... DSCN3882 just daring an herbivore to try to take a bite! DSCN3883 A new lodge under construction
DSCN3884 This will likely look solid at the end but didn't seem too structurally sound to me DSCN3888 The visitor rooms under construction. DSCN3892 We continued along the road DSCN3893 done over the cliff edge
DSCN3894 The road was well-engineered DSCN3895 It needed to be! DSCN3898 The road snaking its way down a ridge DSCN3899 Farms
DSCN3901 The road not quite Gorges de Galamas but still.... DSCN3902 A church nestled in the trees DSCN3903 One stays on the road DSCN3905 Layers in the rock and in the canopy
DSCN3906 A piece of the mountain come down to meet us DSCN3907 Abyssinia DSCN3908 Christine was doing this in Selibaby! DSCN3909 I found the local construction anti-charming
DSCN3910 On objective measures, this place was definitely better than Selibaby DSCN3911 It had piped water DSCN3914 Not easy to plough amongst the rocks DSCN3917 Escarpment
DSCN3918 Goats looking pretty good DSCN3920 Hans getting details on local "roads" DSCN3921 Fields of stones DSCN3922 This looks like an improved breed
DSCN3923 Ethiopian homestead DSCN3924 More recent, less attractive buildings DSCN3925 We stumbled over an English primary school! DSCN3927 Toys!
DSCN3928 Labels in English! DSCN3929 They even had a garden! DSCN3930 This is the couple who runs the school. DSCN3931 A church in the woods
DSCN3932 Street scene DSCN3934 Back in Debark, tasting the honey wine DSCN3935 Little boy watching us drink DSCN3940 Then some enjera for dinner