The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
 Sudan

Ethiopia 2016

London  
  Gondar   Bahir Dar   Addis Ababa   Lalibela

Gondar

40 miles West of Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
40 miles West of Gondar
Gondar center, Ethiopia 2016
Gondar center

Rotal Enclosure

Debre Birhan Selassie Church

Church rear, Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Ethiopia 2016
Church rear
"Gondar Cross" Coptic cross in a circle + seven ostri, Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Ethiopia 2016
"Gondar Cross"
Coptic cross in a circle + seven ostrich eggs
Guide with drum, Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Ethiopia 2016
Guide with drum

Around Gondar

Fasilada’s Bath (Baptism Pool), Around Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
Fasilada’s Bath (Baptism Pool)
Fasilada’s Bath (Baptism Pool), Around Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
Fasilada’s Bath (Baptism Pool)
Palace of the Dowager Empress Mentewab, Around Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
Palace of the Dowager Empress Mentewab
Palace of the Dowager Empress Mentewab, Around Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
Palace of the Dowager Empress Mentewab
Falahsa: Former Jewish village, Around Gondar, Ethiopia 2016
Falahsa: Former Jewish village

Bahir Dar

Ethiopian Highlands, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
Ethiopian Highlands
Blue Nile, from bridge near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
Blue Nile, from bridge near Bahir Dar
Blue Nile, from bridge near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
Blue Nile, from bridge near Bahir Dar
St George Cathedral entrance, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
St George Cathedral entrance
Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
Lake Tana
Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016
Lake Tana

Ura Kidane Mehret church

Local guide, Ura Kidane Mehret church, Ethiopia 2016
Local guide
Very ornate cross (14th c), Ura Kidane Mehret church, Ethiopia 2016
Very ornate cross (14th c)
9th c (?) copy of the Book of Clement, Ura Kidane Mehret church, Ethiopia 2016
9th c (?) copy of the Book of Clement
Local Artist: I bought one of his pictures., Ura Kidane Mehret church, Ethiopia 2016
Local Artist: I bought one of his pictures.

Source of the Blue Nile

Blue Nile exiting Lake Tana, Source of the Blue Nile, Ethiopia 2016
Blue Nile exiting Lake Tana

Addis Ababa

Blue Nile bridge 80 miles NW of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Blue Nile bridge
80 miles NW of Addis Ababa
Lion of Judah, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Lion of Judah
Lion of Judah, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Lion of Judah
St George's Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
St George's Church
Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Tombs of Haile Selassie and his wife, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Tombs of Haile Selassie and his wife
Arat Kilo Monument Commemorates Liberation from the Italian occ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
Arat Kilo Monument
Commemorates Liberation from the Italian occupation

Derg Monument

National Museum

National Museum of Ethiopia, Ethiopia 2016
National Museum of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie giving directions to students, National Museum, Ethiopia 2016
Haile Selassie giving directions to students
Lucy Skeleton (replica), National Museum, Ethiopia 2016
Lucy Skeleton (replica)
Haile Selassie Throne, National Museum, Ethiopia 2016
Haile Selassie Throne

Ethnological Museum

The ethnological museum is set in a former Imperial Palace
Imperial Bed, Ethnological Museum, Ethiopia 2016
Imperial Bed
Fascist anniversary stairway Later topped by an Ethiopian Lion!, Ethnological Museum, Ethiopia 2016
Fascist anniversary stairway
Later topped by an Ethiopian Lion!

Lalibela

View from plane, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2016
View from plane

Gabriel-Rafael Church

Gabriel-Rafael Church, Ethiopia 2016
Gabriel-Rafael Church

Emmanuel Church

Abbas Libanos Church

Biete Medhane Alem

The House of Mary

Biete Golgotha Mikae

St Michael Church


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