045 – Gondar
A Ghost in a Silent World The next morning my eyes snapped open at 4:30. A drunk man was wandering […]
Ethiopia Bike Trip 1998-1999
044 – To Infrance
The Escape of the Joads It was still pitch black when I was woken up by the Joads, their truck,
043 – Bahir Dar to Werota
Leaving Bahir Dar The streets of Bahir Dar were quiet and cold as I cycled through them. A group of
042 – The Blue Nile Falls
Speciation The next day after a morning trip by bike to where the Blue Nile emerges from Lake Tana I
041 – The Ghion Hotel Crowd
In Search of the ‘Real’ Ethiopia I woke up in the morning without a very clear idea of what I
040 – To Bahir Dar
“Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation” Inside the bus to Bahir Dar there was a big poster
039 – A Night in Amanuel
The Toe TAL Hoe Tal The town that Azmo had sent me to was called Amanuel and it was as
038 – Slowing Down and Taking Pictures
Debre Markos was more complicated than most of the towns I’d passed through and it wasn’t entirely clear which road
037 – Debre Markos
A Close Look at my Tormenters The next day’s cycling passed in what had become a familiar pattern. There were
036 – Into The Gorge
It was still dark at 5:35 in the morning when I stepped outside my room. There was a hard cold