On one of the days that we hired the guide service, we took a drive outside of Addis on the paved road leading around the northern historical circuit. Our drive took us as far as the Blue Nile Gorge where we stopped for a picnic and then headed back with a few stops along the way.
As you can see in the photos the landscape was beautiful - wide open with columnar basalt outcroppings, dotted with trees and little clusters of circular mud houses topped with grass roofs. Out in the fields there were children with herds of goats or just children playing around together, men plowing small fields with simple plows and a pair of oxen, girls carrying loads on their backs along the road, people hauling water from the central pumps. The landscape reminded me of parts of Wyoming or Montana. The air was clean and the sky so big. I couldn't help but think that life out there would be all right.
We didn't see one tractor. Everyone seemed to using their own homemade plows with two oxen.
Below you can see people visiting a place with holy water. They go there for healing and usually these buildings were near a church.
We were told the grass roofs need to be replaced every 10 years.
I told you it was pretty!
On one of the days that we hired the guide service, we took a drive outside of Addis on the paved road leading around the northern historical circuit. Our drive took us as far as the Blue Nile Gorge where we stopped for a picnic and then headed back with a few stops along the way.
As you can see in the photos the landscape was beautiful - wide open with columnar basalt outcroppings, dotted with trees and little clusters of circular mud houses topped with grass roofs. Out in the fields there were children with herds of goats or just children playing around together, men plowing small fields with simple plows and a pair of oxen, girls carrying loads on their backs along the road, people hauling water from the central pumps. The landscape reminded me of parts of Wyoming or Montana. The air was clean and the sky so big. I couldn't help but think that life out there would be all right.
We didn't see one tractor. Everyone seemed to using their own homemade plows with two oxen.
Below you can see people visiting a place with holy water. They go there for healing and usually these buildings were near a church.
We were told the grass roofs need to be replaced every 10 years.
I told you it was pretty!
2 comments:
It is interesting to sort of juxtaposition the picture of the women carrying the wood with the picture of the taxi carrying the wood.
Susan, we are packing like crazy here, so if the unpacking doesn't get all done, it'll feel like home. I'm very excited about the new job :)
You're right, it is beautiful! I'm going to have to pump you for info before I go. I planned to do something like that! Let's just see if I ever amke it there!
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