RoadTrip Amhara Part 1

Two weeks ago, Barbara, Nathaly, and I set off towards Bahir Dar. Along the way, we encountered many animals and saw beautiful landscapes. The road led to Debre Libanos, where we saw Hamadryas baboons and had lunch. Then we continued through the 1000-meter deep Nile Gorge. The bridge divides the two regions of Oromo and Amhara, and from now on, we are in Amhara... We spent the first night in Debre Markos, a town between Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar.

The second day led through beautiful green scenery, and before lunch, we stopped at the Fang Waterfall near Tilili. For lunch, we had delicious Shiro Tagabino and Gomen in the small village of Kossa right by the road. Then a short detour to the beautiful Zengena Lake, where, contrary to the norm, a man prepared coffee for us. On the shore of Lake Zengena, I saw fascinating Colobus monkeys. On the way back, an old man signaled me to take a photo of him (and the stone he was carrying). We then drove quickly to Bahir Dar, where we checked into our hotel room.

The next morning, we had Chechebsa with honey for breakfast. Then we went to the harbor, where a motorboat was already waiting for us. We spent about 5 hours on Lake Tana, visiting the Zege Peninsula and the Entons Eyasus Church (on a small island). We saw pelicans, many other water birds, vervet monkeys, and hippos. In the afternoon, we drove to Tis Abay to see the impressive Blue Nile Falls. We stayed overnight at the cozy Blue Nile Camping, where we were the only guests...

The next day, we first took a cold shower at a freshwater spring next to the Nile Falls. Then we had scrambled eggs, bread, and coffee for breakfast. After packing up the tent, we walked for about 1 hour, in high temperatures and sunshine, over a beautiful old Portuguese bridge back to Tis Abay.