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3 Oct 2019 2 minute read 0 comments joshman
In this post, I'll be wrapping up my trip to Gondar, Ethiopia. If you haven't had the opportunity, be sure to check out my other posts from around Ethiopia. This particular trip doesn't rank very high on my list of favorites. That said, I am still th...
3 Oct 2019 2 minute read 1 comment joshman
When it comes to traveling in Ethiopia, the weather can vary from hour to hour during the rainy season. But like I always say when it comes to traveling on short trips, you take what it gives you. We embarked on this hiking trip near the village of K...
29 Sep 2019 2 minute read 1 comment joshman
In case you missed them, please be sure to check out my previous blog posts from the northern Ethiopian cities of Gondar and Lalibela. Debre Birhan Selassie is located in Gondar, Ethiopia, and built during the reign of Iyasu II in the 18th century. I...
24 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments joshman
The is the 4th and final installment of our exploration of Fasil Ghebbi. Please refer to parts 1 through 3 if you missed them. In this part we will explore some additional palaces built by later rulers of the Solomonic dynasty. 1: Mentewab's Ca...
23 Sep 2019 2 minute read 0 comments casperBGD
Repost from my steemit account - @casperbgd Introduction of blockchain and crypto currencies made a lot of noise in the press, especially with BTC reaching all time high at the end of 2017, and altcoin season that was following uprise of BTC in tha...
23 Sep 2019 2 minute read 2 comments joshman
In case you missed my previous posts about Fasil Ghebbi, be sure to take a look at Part 1 and 2. In this post we will continue to explore the grounds and look at the castles we explored previously from a more creative perspective. We will also exami...
20 Sep 2019 1 minute read 4 comments joshman
In case you missed my previous post about Fasil Ghebbi, be sure to take a look at Part 1. Continuing on from Fasilides' castle we'll take a look at some other features of the compound, including buildings commissioned by his son Yohannes I, and grand...
20 Sep 2019 2 minute read 4 comments joshman
Fasil Ghebbi is a large royal compound located in the heart of Gondar City in Northern Ethiopia. Gondar is a short domestic flight from the modern capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. It contains several buildings built over the course of the 16th-17th...
19 Sep 2019 2 minute read 5 comments joshman
This will be my closing blog entry from my trip to Lalibela. I had some more photos from about town I wanted to share, but they didn't really have a central theme besides that. Despite the rainy weather, this was one of those trips where everything j...
18 Sep 2019 2 minute read 2 comments joshman
If you missed my previous post, Hiking To Hudad Plateau, Ethiopia (Part 1), please give that a visit before proceeding. Once we reached the Hudad plateau, we had the opportunity for some well-deserved rest. This included some fasting-friendly lunch...
