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Holy Trinity Cathedral #1
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis founded in 1931 by Haile Selassie 1.
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Holy Trinity Cathedral #2
The copper roofed dome at the rear of the Holy Trinity Cathedral shows...
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Holy Trinity Cathedral #3
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Addis Ababa University Gardens
Right next to where Haile Selassie 1 resided, which is now the ethnological...
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Gonder's Royal Enclosure #1
Emperor Fasiladas' Palace. He founded Gonder as a capital in 1635.
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Gonder's Royal Enclosure #2
Entrance to Emperor Fasiladas' Palace
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Gonder's Royal Enclosure #3
The ruined library
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Gonder's Royal Enclosure #4
Mentewab's Castle
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Gonder's Royal Enclosure #5
Vulture looking out for easy pickings
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Emperor Fasiladas' Bath #1
Interestingly decorated in Ethiopian style scaffold whilst it's being...
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Emperor Fasiladas' Bath #2
A blurred passion bird
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Emperor Fasiladas' Bath #3
A shy glossy starling
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Debre Berhan Selassie Church #1
Gonder's late 18th century impressive church
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Debre Berhan Selassie Church #2
The holy trinity and life story as painted on the walls of the church with St...
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Debre Berhan Selassie Church #3
100's of cherub faces painted on the ceiling and on the right hand...
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Debre Berhan Selassie Church #5
Vultures hiding in trees in the grounds of the church
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Gonder
Homes in the city
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Sankabar Village #1
Views around the village
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Sankabar Village #2
Views around the village
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Sankabar Village #3
Views around the village
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Sankabar Village #4
On route between Sankabar and Geech villages
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Geech Village
A pretty village high up in the Simien Mountains
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Geech Camp #1
Black clouds roll in as a white necked raven stands its ground
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Geech Camp #2
The dark clouds broke to give an interesting end to the day
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Geech Camp #3
A colourful sunset
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Geech Camp #4
A bird of prey perched upon a tree
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Geech Camp #5
Just beyond Geech camp the scenery changes to palms and the giant Lobelia
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Near Imet Gogo
Landscape across the valley from Imet Gogo
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Simien Mountain Shop #1
Between Geech & Chenek camp sites you will come across locals...
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Chenek Village #1
Looking down towards the dirt road and Chenek village and its adjacent camp site
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Chenek Village #2
View into the valleys and beyond as you approach the village
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Chenek Village #3
To get to the village you have to navigate yourself down the steep cliff edge...
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Chenek Village #4
The surrounding valley floor near the village
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Chenek Village #5
Cliff faces adjacent to the camp
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Gelada Baboon #1
Searching for parasites
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Gelada Baboon #2
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Simien Mountain Shop #2
Yu just never know when you will have to buy a hat
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Jinbar River Waterfalls
Plummeting into Geech Abyss
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Simien Mountain Flora #1
Plants around the Jinbar river waterfalls
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Simien Mountain River #1
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Simien Mountain River #2
White necked raven squawking away noisily
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Simien Mountain River #3
Sheep having a bad day at a river crossing
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Hill Tribe Children #1
Hill tribe children taking a break from animal husbandry to view the visiting...
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Simien Mountain Path
The only way to Ras Desen is up. Just mind where you point that gun!!
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Simien Mountains #1
Approaching Bwahit Pass
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Ibex #1
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Ibex #2
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Ibex #3
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Ibex #4
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Bwahit Pass #1
View of Ras Desen, 4543m, across the Mesheha River
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Bwahit Pass #2
Looking back approaching the pass
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Bwahit Pass #3
Mules and muleteers having a hard time getting beyond the pass.
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Bwahit Pass #4
Interesting scree slope just below the pass
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Bwahit Pass #5
Looking back up at the pass when halfway down the 1200m descent to the...
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Chiro Leba #1
Schoolchildren, with their school behind them
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Chiro Leba #2
A school room of the hill village
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Ras Desen #1
Approaching the last steep pull up the mountain at dawn
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Ras Desen #2
The mountains summit ridge line
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Ras Desen #3
Delicate flowers up on the summit ridge
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Ras Desen #4
The scree slope and final scramble up the mountain
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Ras Desen #5
View from the summit of the 4543m peak
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Ras Desen #6
View from the summit of the 4543m peak
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Ras Desen #7
View from the summit of the 4543m peak
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Ras Desen #8
View from the summit of the 4543m peak
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Ras Desen #9
Celebrations of shoulder dancing after the mountain was conquered
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Ambikwa Camp
Early morning scene as the camp is dismantled
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Chenek Village #6
View of the valley floor from nearby the village
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Chenek Village #7
The dirt road that will lead to Ambikwa Village
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Simien Mountain Shop #3
Anybody want a drink?
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Hilltop Village
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Hill Tribe Children #2
Children being amused by blowing bubbles
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Simien Mountains #3
Looking back on route to Arkwasiye from Ambikwa
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Arkwasiye Village #1
Trekkers shopping in the village shop
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Arkwasiye Village #2
Sunset over Imet Gogo from a small hillock above the village
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Arkwasiye Village #3
The village with Beroch Wuha, 4272m, in the background at sunset
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Arkwasiye Village #4
Sunset from a small hillock above the village
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Arkwasiye Village #5
Sunset from a small hillock above the village
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Arkwasiye Village #6
Imet Gogo from a small hillock above the village early in the morning
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Bwahit Mountain #1
View from the summit at 4430m
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Bwahit Mountain #2
View from the summit of Bwahit, 4430m, of the dirt road that seems to...
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Bwahit Mountain #3
The summit looking down towards Chenek Village
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Chenek Camp #1
A cold and frosty camp site early in the morning
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Chenek Camp #2
A The Lammergeier, or Bearded Vulture,proved difficult to photograph as it...
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Gelada Baboon #3
A big troop resting and grooming
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Gelada Baboon #4
Pest control gelada baboon style
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Gelada Baboon #5
A shy baby gelada baboon
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Gelada Baboon #6
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Gelada Baboon #7
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Gelada Baboon #8
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Debark
Busy market day
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #1
Bet Giyorgis meaning 'Place of George'
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #2
Bet Giyorgis
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #3
Bet Giyorgis
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #4
Bet Giyorgis
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #5
Pilgrims decide to get mummified and reside in cavities around Bet Giyorgis
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #6
Bet Maryam entrance
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #7
Pilgrim at the entrance Bet Meskel
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #8
The interior of Bet Maryam
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #9
Interior ceiling sculpture of one of the churches
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Lalibela
A shop in the town right next to a home
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #10
Interior of a church
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #11
Bet Gabriel Rufael may have been a palace in the distant past
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #12
View from Bet Gabriel Rufael showing the high walkway above a moat...
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #13
Pilgrims gathering outside a church on the Orthodox Christmas Day
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #14
Bet Merkorias is a fraction of its former size as the roof has collapsed
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #15
Pilgrims visiting Bet Merkorios which is reached by an interestingly long,...
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #16
Entrance to the courtyard of Bet Amanuel
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #17
Bet Emanuel
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #18
One of the many passageways around the churches. Pilgrims walk them in bare feet
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Lalibela Rock Cut Churches #19
Bet Abba Libanos is unique in Lalibela in that it is a hypogeous church
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Dirt Road
A good dirt road on the way to Dessie from Lalibela, but don't go too fast!
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Dessie #1
Main street
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Dessie #2
Main street
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From Dessie #1
On the way to Addis
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From Dessie #2
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