Addis Ababa
2022年10月18日, エチオピア ⋅ ☁️ 17 °CAddis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is a relatively young city in its current location, being found by Emperor Menelik II in the late 19th century. At first sited atop Mt.もっと詳しく
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is a relatively young city in its current location, being found by Emperor Menelik II in the late 19th century. At first sited atop Mt.もっと詳しく
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, unfortunately in a major renovation at the moment, is the seat of the patriarchs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It is here where the patriarchs are anointedもっと詳しく
Debre Libanos is an Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery, whose Abbott is the 2nd most important person in that church. The monastery's history dates to the 13th century and it's founder, Saint Tekleもっと詳しく
Here are a few scenic views from the road in the northern part of Ethiopia. The 1st 4 are all looks at portions of the Ethiopian part of the Great Rift Valley of Africa. This country is simplyもっと詳しく
Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is the source of the Blue Nile. This is said to be a crater lake, formed in an extinct volcano.
The 1st 2 pictures look at the approach to and the pointもっと詳しく
The Zeghie peninsula is in Lake Tana. It's most important economic activity is naturally grown coffee. The trees grow wild and are harvested. The 1st picture is of a walkway there that passes throughもっと詳しく
These are a few views along the road heading from Bahir Dar to Gondar (not Gondor: I'm not due in Middle Earth until January 😉).
The 1st picture is God's Finger, a unique rock outcrop. The 2ndもっと詳しく
The Church of the Trinity here is not the typical round church of Ethiopia. It is rectangular, following the tradition in Axum. I'm told an emperor wanted to move the ark of the covenant from Axum toもっと詳しく