I hope all of you had a good Christmas and lots of prezzies!!
We are finally back in Addis after a tour of the North of Ethiopia where we had no internet...
Ah the North, incredible!! I don't even know where to start with the descriptions......
My favorite town maybe of Lalibella; for those of you who, like me, thought Petra was a wonder think again and try checking out photos of Lalibella's churches carved in solid rocks..... AMAZING!!!! Breath taking!!! The view, the monks, the priests..
Basically it is King Lalibella (Lal means honey in Amharic) and ibella means eater as the king was born with bees around his head and honey; went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and came back to Ethiopia to build his own Jerusalem. So in the 12th or 13th century, a set of (I think!) 13 churches were builts or carved in rocks.
Ahhhhhhh amazing amazing amazing!!!! The pilgrims come from all Ethiopia to do their pilgrimage (we're talking Christian Orthodox by the way!)
The people in the village were great, there was a huge market, we wondered around, people were adorable... I ended up with at least a page full of emails of people met in town that just wanted to chat and stay in touch..... it was great... loved loved it...
Ok, now I have to go.... to..... IMMIGRATION OFFICE!!! eheheh As my visa will expire an hour before I check in at the airport.... so more later......
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| St George in Lalibella from above (these are shoes at entrance!) |
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