Leaving Bahir Dar crossing the Blue Nile Bridge with the war memorial on the left |
Roadside village heading north from Bahir Dar |
Shops set up in tin shacks along the road |
The main road north from Bahir Dar, paved and in good shape |
Haystacks |
Shell of a Soviet-built armored personnel carrier, a relic of the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991) |
Large tree on a ridge |
Another rural timkat festival |
Another shell of a BTR-60 armored personnel carrier destroyed during the Ethiopian civil war |
...and another destroyed armoued vehicle on the side of the road outside Woreta |
Two styles of rural Ethiopian hut - round and rectangular |
Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta |
Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta |
Soliana Cafe and Restaurant |
Ethiopian walking along the road with a staff |
Giant flock of birds lifting off from a field |
Ethiopian BP station, Wereta |
Pedestrians, Wereta |
Wereta, Ethiopia |
Junction at Wereta for the road east to Lalibela and Weldiya, 300 km away |
Two rondavels in a green field north of Wereta |
The road to Addis Zemen |
The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen |
The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen |
Timkat procession filling the road out of Addis Zemen |
Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder |
Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder |
Prominent landmark on the route from Bahir Dar to Gonder |
A basalt pillar I'm told |
Pillar near Addis Zemen |
Pillar near Addis Zemen |
Tiny timkat celebration blocking the road |
Farmland in the highland NW of Addis Zemen |
A second prominent stone pillar |
Ethiopian license plate |
Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar |
Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar |
Wrecked truck jacked up on the side of the road |
Another small timkat celebration |
Ethiopia highway 3 approaching Guzara Castle |
Hillside ruins of Guzara Castle, just a short distance off the main highway |
Guzara Castle, 5 km south of Emfraz, Ethiopia |
Guzara Castle (1563-1597) World Heritage Site |
Amharic stop sign, Ethiopia |
Cattle, Ethiopia |
The driver wasn't willing to tackle to rough road so we had to walk |
It took about 20 minutes to reach the castle from the road |
Luckily we were early so the guide-boys weren't out to harass us yet |
The van probably could have done the road... |
The ruins of Guzara Castle |
The ruins of Guzara Castle |
The ruins of Guzara Castle |
Landscape around Guzara Castle |
Wall to the royal compound, Guzara Castle |
Partially restored main building |
Guzara Castle's restoration received American funding |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Wall of Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Guzara Castle |
Interior doorway, Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Looking up a tower, Guzara Castle |
Tower, Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Outer staircase, Guzara Castle |
Keith, Guzara Castle |
Interior, Guzara Castle |
Me at the top of the outer staircase |
Outer staircase, Guzara Castle |
Panoramic view from Guzara Castle |
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Ethiopia |
Ethiopian stop sign |
Infranze, Ethiopia |
Nile Hotel, Infranze |
USAID sponsored billboard, Ethiopia |
Ethiopia highway 3 to Gondar |
Primitive dwelling |
View coming down the mountain |
Rural village south of Gondar |
Traffic blocking timkat celebration outside Maksegnit |
Timkat in the middle of the road |
The driver of thiis military vehicle obvoiusly wasn't wearing his seatbelt when he crashed |
Odd domed structure south of Gondar |
Another middle of the road celebration |
...could be disconcerting if you didn't know what it was... |
Interesting tree |
Highway 3 approaching a hilltop church |
Destroyed bridge, probably a victim of the civil war |
Modern housing, Azezo, just south of Gondar |
Azezo, Ethiopia |
Azezo, Ethiopia |
Azezo, Ethiopia |
Zana Pension, Azezo |
Rugged overland expedition vehicle from Austria |
Entering Gondar, just over 3 hours after leaving Bahir Dar |
Crossing the Blue Nile at Bahir Dar |