Places:

Danakil 2003

Danakil is in the Afar region of Eastern Ethiopia. It is about 130M below sea level and the hottest place on earth (mean temperature). There is a salt lake and the whole area is geologically active. The local Afar people mine the salt at the lake and bring it by camel to Mekele for sale. We went there after a lot of planning in November 2003.

On the way                                                                     0M Above Sea level

Across the Lake            Ber Hale Market        Driving on Water!          Quality Road!

Salt Blocks                   

Salt Island                                                                                            Sulphur pool

Sulphur

Salt and Sulphur pools

Deserted mining town of Dalol                                                            Fiat needing painting        

House of salt blocks                                                                            Scavengers!

The Varied looks of the salt lake

Raf on the move          Camels and Blocks    Miners                           Me! (in a skirt!)  

Hamedala                       Berhale Tea House    Cleaning the car           Berhale Town

Bahir Dar 2003

The Gang                  Source of Blue Nile    Rock outcrop!

Lalibella 2003

Blue Nile Falls (Tis Abbay Falls)

Gondar

Axum:

King Bazen's Tomb                Stela                 King Kaleb's Tomb       Current occupant! 

Dongar -                         Palace                        Kitchen!                        Stela Axum

Queen of Sheba' Palace

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College                        Maichew                      Alamata                      Shimta

Maichew                       Andy's House            View from Andys house

TPLA Monument Mekele

Calamino Technical College near Mekele, like an Oasis!