A great Spanish book about Ethiopia.
Full details at http://www.libreriaaltair.com/htmlNew/detalle.php?fr_cod_libro=LR990010001&fr_zona=&fr_materia=
or at www.editorialmarfil.com
Also available in English, and sold in Ethiopia, with the name "Touching Ethiopia".

Ethiopia Satellite Images

I am posting some Satellite pictures of Ethiopia.
You can also see them using Google Maps service, at www.maps.google.com

Ethiopia Satellite picture 

Barcelona, my hometown. 

Bahir Dar from Satellite. South of Tana Lake. 

Tana Lake from Satellite. Only from here you can see why they call it Blue Nile... 

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32. A message to our Ethiopian Friends

The main reason for this web is to say thank you to all our new friends in Ethiopia, and to share with them our impressions and pictures.

We will have a deep link with Ethiopia in the coming time, and this visit will be unforgetable for us for many reasons. But most of all for the excellent people we have found there.

To all of you, our warmest thank you

31. The Shirega family

In our last days in Addis we met the Shirega family, great people who made us feel like at home.

We hope they visit us in Barcelona some day to be able to return their kindness and hospitality.

30. Children are the future (and the present)

44% of Ethiopia population is under 15 years.
So children are not only the future of the country, but also the present.

You can find everywhere in the country ads from UN about "Girl's education benefits all".
For us, definetelly Children where one of the top attractions of Ethiopia.

29. Hyenaman

Ok, like everything, you can approach this from two sides... You can say it is only one man dominating dogs by feeding them... or you can think about the risk and the excitement of the situation, when about 15 hyenas surround you while a man feeds them.

As usual, you should stick to the middle point, and after all it is a quite interesting spectacle.

28. Harar Coffee

We had time to buy some coffee in Harar, directly in a roaster place.

27. Harar for Peace

I was born in Barcelona, Spain. It was a surprise for us to see pictures of my city in Harar.
The reason is in the following news:

Walled City of Harar Wins Award

The walled city of Harar in the Eastern Ethiopia Region has won the 2004 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Cities for Peace Prize in an award ceremony held in Barcelona, Spain.

This biannual award, hosted by the Mayor of Barcelona, recognizes the initiatives of municipalities in creating a basis for peaceful coexistence.
This ancient city of Harar, capital of the HarariState, thus received a certificate and 20,000 Dollars in award.
The city won the prize from 55 nominee cities in Africa, city Mayor Zeidan Bekri told ENA. He said the award will be instrumental as support to the activities underway to see the city registered in UNESCO World Heritage list, he said. September 13, 2004 (ENA)

26. Harar: A different Ethiopia

Harar is on the East of Ethiopia, close to Djibouti and Somalia. There is no direct flight, so we went to Dire Dawa and then by car to Harar.

The main interest for us about Harar (besides the Hyena-man, see a later post) was to see a different Ethiopia, and to get another piece of the puzzle of different peoples that composes the country.

There is not much to see from the Historical or Architectural point of view. Harar is a busy city, where people is going to trade their goods, and do not care much about "faranji".

25. Back in Addis again: Yod Abyssinian Restaurant

Yod Abyssinia is a "typical abyssinian" Restaurant in Addis. Of course is the place to try Injera and despite being a Typical restaurant, there are also locals, so it is not one of those only-for-tourist places. There is life music and dancing...
Worth a visit.

24. Our guide for Tana Lake

Mollatilahun is a young and funny guy who showed us the Tana Lake and the monastery. He promised to send us some nice emails.

I have received a new picture of him.
His contact details: Mollatilahun@yahoo.com

23. Tana Lake

The Tana lake is a big piece of water, full of "pelicanos". An excursion on the lake is highly recomendable. We were takento a side of the lake by the owner of the boat, and we could see, from far away, the Hipo's.
Nice pictures with

After a ride of an hour we visited one of the 39 monasteries in the lake. They are nice, but too much disturbing people trying to sell you something broke all the magic.

22. Bahar Dar: The Blue Nile falls

Bahar Dar is in the South edge of Tana Lake, one of the biggest in Africa.

From there to the Blue Nile Falls there is a 30 Km. drive on an ugly road.
The walk to the Falls is quite busy, plenty of boys offering you souvenirs make it difficult to walk, specially when there is rain.


But the place is worth a visit, despite the locals will tell you that it is not as spectacular as it was before they constructed the dam.

21. Other Gonder pictures

20. Gonder: Debre Birhan Selassie Church

It is an impressive church in Gonder, the only one surviving to the Sudanese invasion of the Dervish.
Mush, our guide, explained with high detail all the paintings. It is for sure a place to visit with a guide.
The link shows more pictures of the church.
http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/birhan.asp

19. Our guide in Gonder

"Mash" was our guide in Gonder.
He speaks a perfect English and despite being very young he has an excellent knowledge of Gonder history. He also claims he is a good photographer, too.

Unfortunatelly I don't have his contact details.