Aksum – Former “Hood” of The Queen of Sheba
22 January 2018 I leave green, fertile fields for dry, barren, rocky Tigray. If there is one thing this region has, it’s rocks: a plethora of rocks on top of rocks used for building and terracing. Oh, and an occasional camel. Ethiopia’s Kebre Nagast (Book of Kings) recounts how Aksum was the city in which […]
Gondar and the Timkat Festival- Celebrating the Tabots
18-19 January 2018 We drive this amazing countryside north from Bahir Dar around Lake Tana. The road wends its way up, as high as 7500 feet as we slowly travel to the medieval city of Gondar. Nothing earthbound goes quickly along these roads.