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At the Source of the Blue Nile

After Gondar, we drove south to Bahir Dar, which is one of Ethiopia’s most touristic cities located on the southern coast of Lake Tana. As we approached the city, we could feel the warmer climate and increased humidity in the air. 

We saw many modern developments, including an impressive exhibition centre. Allen mentioned the city has seen increased commercial and hospitality developments recently. This has been especially as a result of hosting an important conference on the fate of the Nile river, attended by all African heads of states that share the river or the “Nile Riparian States,” which include: Burundi, DRC, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania & Uganda. 

We stayed at Delano Hotel, which was a modern 4-star hotel with clean bathrooms, nice hot showers, satellite TV, good wifi connection and a decent breakfast, restaurant and bar in the lobby. Few friends even used the laundry service and they were quite happy with it!

That afternoon, we went to visit the Blue Nile Waterfalls, which is the source of the River Nile - the world's longest river that ultimately pours into the Mediterranean. The hike was straight forward but at times challenging due to the mud. A group of local boys offered to help us make it through the entire path from the base to the waterfall, which was very helpful. They knew exactly where we should step to avoid the mud, at one point they even picked up and carried a couple of the girls through the mud! Once we reached the waterfall, we were awe-struck. It was beautiful.

The next day, we embarked on a boat journey to explore Lake Tana, jetting by its islands and landing on the Zege peninsula to visit Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery. We disembarked the boat and in the walk up to the monastery I witnessed a beautiful scene of a girl collecting water from the lake in her large jerrycan and strapping it to her back for carrying it home; I was taken aback firstly by the scenic imagery and beautiful sights, but more so by an inevitable feeling of gratitude for how easily we access water back home, and how much people tend to take that for granted. Having said this, that girl seemed to be having a great time, playfully throwing the jerry can up and down. If I knew any better, I’d say it was almost like she was putting on a show for us!

We then passed what seemed like a residential complex prior to reaching the monastery itself. This was where most of the community resided.

The 14th century monastery was truly remarkable, because of its round-shaped structure and epic floor-to-ceiling church art. Allen explained to us that the imagery was historically used for biblical story-telling, in order to cater to the majority illiterate public back in the day. 

As we stepped inside, a local guide took us through the full story-telling journey around the church, which he presented very well. Personally, this was where I truly understood and appreciated the Ethiopian Orthodox church art. There was something different about Ura Kidane; I was awe-struck!

On the way out, the guide took us to a spot on the outer circle of the church, where there were two closed wooden windows. He explained that the paintings inside have been restored, however the artwork behind these wooden window doors have never been touched; they are the originals from the 14th century. 

As our church visit came to an end, we made our way back to Bahir Dar and got ready for dinner. Allen had planned us a “local night experience” at a traditional Ethiopian restaurant and dance house with live entertainment called Che Che Ido - and boy was it an entertaining experience! 

The dancers were moving every part of their body to the psychedelic music - similar to what we saw in Axum, but more fun and intense at the same time as we had gotten a little used to the psychedelic music and they came into the crowd! They took one guy from our group to perform with them on stage, and came down in the crowd to teach us “tourists” how to do their shoulder dance, which was a HILARIOUS experience! It was truly a great way to wind down, celebrate our group and the trip coming to an end.

Finally the next morning, it was time to fly back to Addis Ababa for one last night before we take our international flights back home. We used our half-day in Addis to visit the National Museum of Ethiopia, which held the fossil of Lucy - the world’s oldest human from 3.2 million years ago.

Tune in next week for our wrap-up of Ethiopia’s 5 best take-aways for anyone who is thinking to visit the wondrous civilization in the near future or far! 

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Why I love this song:

1. GURAGE ALL DAY!!

2. He is cute

3. And the song is fire

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I LOVE this song for so many reasons:

1. She has a LOVELY voice

2. She’s not “model” size and rocks a cute short cut!

3. She’s a female artist

4. This song is catchy

5. These outfits are amazing!