 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 |