I might have just finished Ethiopia’s northern historical circuit, but I wasn’t ready to go home just yet. Winter could wait… and there are so many other things to see here, from the tribes…

Considered the most important tourist destination on Ethiopia’s northern historic circuit, Lalibela is usually considered a fly-in visit from Addis Ababa which offers daily flights. For us though, who were enjoying a road trip…

With the castles of Gondar behind us, we made the 3-hour journey down to our next destination of Bahir Dar, passing beautiful scenery with fields of bright-yellow daisies. We stopped en route to visit…

Northern living, southern craving… Shrimp and grits for breakfast is our US equivalent of the flavorful chicken soup that fuels mornings all over Southeast Asia, and I need all the warmth I can get…

After the highs of the Simien Mountains, we came down slightly in altitude to the ‘comfortable’ 2,300 m elevation of Gondar. Arriving in the town’s center, lined with simple buildings from the Italian era,…