Architecture! Frescoes! Buildings! History! It was so nice today to see these things after weeks of trees, animals and the odd hut. Don't get me wrong I love that part of Africa, but it has been nice to see something different. Today we went across the lake to a monastery on an island, on first inspection it did look a bit like a hut, but inside it was amazing. It was built in 14th century and then restored in 17th century. It had beautiful paintings detailing t...

The most wonderful day the entire time I've been in Ethiopia, that was today all over. We left our camp at about 10am in two mini vans and set off for the Blue Nile Falls. It took about an hour and a half to get there, in a van with a crazy Ethiopian driver. Dave gave me the money to pay the admission out of our kitty and when we got there it was cheaper than we expected, which is quite rare for this country, which seems like everyone is out to rip you off and d...

This morning we all had to troop down to the Sudanese Embassy to hand over our passports to get our transit visas for Sudan. Before we did that there were some goodbyes to be said. Siobhan and Shannon would have to stay in Addis and get the passport situation sorted out. Their cab arrived and I gave Shannon a hug and Siobhan waited until last to say goodbye to me. As soon as she hugged me I just lost it, first time I've cried on this trip. She has become like my ...

Are we going to Addis Ababa Mr. Lutor? I woke up in Addis Ababa today and went out sigh seeing with the group and Daster. Before we went I attempted to get on the internet and handed Eva over to reception for safe keeping. Rachel came running up to me as I was signing the forms and told me the Pumba, or safe had leaked all over everyone's passports. Mine was thankfully fine, but Siobhan and Shannon's were ruined. Being the weekend there really wasn't anything w...

For a drive day, today has been very interesting. We set off from the Bale Mountains early this morning and drove down the mountains back into civilisation, sort of. The drive down from the mountains was amazing, for the most part we were above the clouds and the scenery was spectacular. We stopped about half way down, as all the trucks in front of us had stopped for a pee stop. The locals came up to the windows and offered us food. I tried the big donut like thi...