{"id":11,"date":"2018-04-02T06:09:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T06:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2018-04-04T06:35:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T06:35:36","slug":"ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ethiopia is a fascinating country with unsurpassed natural beauty and a rich history. We traveled from the border with Kenya to Addis Ababa, and from there made a loop in the North, encompassing Bahir Dar, Gondar and Lalibela. Unfortunately, the ongoing war with Eritrea prevented us from visiting Axum and Eritrea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Blue Nile Gorge parallels the Grand Canyon in natural beauty (or surpasses it as far as I am concerned). We had to drive into the gorge, cross the river, and climb out again at the other side – a one-and-a-half day proposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blue Nile Falls (south of Lake Tana)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rural Ethiopia…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the truck broke down just a mile outside a village, we spent 24 hours in one spot by the side of the road, attracting quite a crowd…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Paintings inside churches; Ethiopian priest<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the rock-hewn churches in Lalibela. You’re looking at the roof of the church here…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Detail of one of the buildings in the Royal Enclosure in Gondar<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sunrise in Ethiopia, at a “rough camp” (i.e. not a campsite, but camping in the bush)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethiopia is a fascinating country with unsurpassed natural beauty and a rich history. We traveled from the border with Kenya to Addis Ababa, and from there made a loop in the North, encompassing Bahir Dar, Gondar and Lalibela. Unfortunately, the ongoing war with Eritrea prevented us from visiting Axum and Eritrea. The Blue Nile Gorge … Continue reading “Ethiopia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsteemers.com\/Africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}