Ethiopia Photo Gallery by John Fletcher at pbase.com

Ethiopia

Debby and I traveled to Ethiopia in October 2012. In addition to the capital, Addis Ababa, our itinerary included the historic north - Lake Tana, Gondar, Axum and Lalibela - and the Omo Valley in the south. Many thanks to Geographic Expeditions for once again arranging a fascinating, informative and enjoyable travel experience.

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Colorful Shops	Devotion	Raguel Church		Waiting by the Gate
A Tangle of Wires	Sacred Paintings	Sacred Paintings	Sacred Paintings	Sacred Paintings
Sacred Paintings	In the Chanting Room	Rehearsing Chants	Distracted by My Camera	David's Cave
Heavy Load	Kidist Mariam (Saint Mary) Church	Ethiopian Orthodox Priest
Palace of Emporer Menelik II	Watching an Important Match	Fisherman in Papyrus Boat	Papyrus Boat	Kissing the Cross
Sacred Painting	Drawing on Church Door	Drawing on Church Door	Ethiopian Orthodox Monk
Church at Azwa Mariam Monastery	Ethiopian Orthodox Monk
	Taking a Break from Doing Laundry	Wind-blown Water and Trees	Pelicans	Boy in Papyrus Boat
Zumra Nuru, Founder and King		Solitude	Loom in a Home	Stove in a Home
Spooling the Yarn	Wall Postings	Village Scene
Happy Shoshine Boy	Capetown to Cairo			Large Market
Street Scene	Shoemaker		Lammergeier
	Surprise! Crafts for Sale on the Trail	Waiting for Hikers to Buy Their Crafts	Short Pants?
	Gelada Monkeys	Gelada Monkeys	Gelada Monkeys	To Market, To Market
	Childhood Is a Period for Education, Not for Marriage	Castle Complex Built by Emporer Fasiladas & Descendants	Castle Complex Built by Emporer Fasiladas & Descendants	Castle Complex Built by Emporer Fasiladas & Descendants
Castle Complex Built by Emporer Fasiladas & Descendants	Debre Birhan Selassie Church	Priest	Painted Ceiling	Painting Detail
Wall Paintings	Door Detail	Priest	Historic Obelisks
St. Mary of Zion Church, circa 1965			Illustrated Manuscript	St. Mary of Zion Church, circa 1655
			Prayer Sticks	Bete Medhane Alem

				Bete Gabriel-Rufael
			Emerging from One of the Many Tunnels Connecting the Churches
Bete Amanuel				Some Passageways Doubled As Aquaducts
Bete Mercurios		Bete Giyorgis (Georges)	Bete Giyorgis (Georges)
		Graveside Funeral Services	Funeral Mourners	Funeral Mourners
			Nakuto Le'Abe Monastery

	Crafts for Sale	Artist's Home	A Shady Spot to Rest	Ben Ababa Restaurant
Sunset	Serpentine Road	Fertile Valley	Preparing to Discourage a Pest	Grain Market
Basket Market	Bulky Load	Recording the Performance	Large Croc	Crocodile Abstract
Big Teeth	Marabou Storks	Fish Eagle... with a Fish	Sunrise	Road Hazard
Tree with Bee Hives	Bee Hives	Road Block	Overload	A Girl on Her Way to Market
Obama Fan			Konso Woman and Man	Generation Tree
Konso Man	Finally, a Smile!	Konso Women		Arbore Boy
Arbore Boy	Arbore Women	Taking a Nap	Arbore Women	Arbore Woman
Arbore Woman	Colorful Character	Arbore Woman	Arbore Woman	Hamar Women
Hamar Man	Hamar Women	Seat, Machete and Twig in Hand	Hamar Woman	Hamar Women
Hamar Woman	Hamar Women Watching the Ceremony	Marching & Making Noise to Agitate the Bulls	Calm Amid the Noise	Wrestling a Disruptive Bull
Jumping Up to Start the First Pass	Nearing the End of the First Pass	Hamar Girls	A Really Tall Termite Mound	Barbets on a Termite Mound
Karo Woman and Child	Karo Woman	Karo Women with Their Children	Karo Woman	Karo Woman
Karo Woman	Karo Woman	Karo Kids	Debby Has a Friend	Karo Woman in Doorway to Her Hut
Karo Woman Grinding Tef	Karo Woman Winnowing Tef	Preparing for the Day	Karo Girls	Omo River
Vulture Guinea Fowl	Vulture Guinea Fowl		Hamar Woman Shopping	Hamar Women with Goods to Sell
Negotiating a Sale		Hard Goods and Clothing For Sale	Hamar Woman at the Market Bar	Men Hanging Out at the Market Bar
Umbrellas Decorate the Ceiling of the Lounge	Colobus Monkey	Dry River Bed	Parrot	Heading to Market
Curious	Rooster	Honey Pot	Don't Take a Picture of My Honey!	Hamar Woman
		Helmeted Guinea Fowl	Travelers
Canisters Stored Above Ground	Mursi Boy	Villagers at Work	Mursi Woman	Mursi Woman with Unhappy Child
Two Mursi Women with Children	Mursi Woman	Mursi Woman	Mursi Woman	Mursi Men
Mursi Boy	Mursi Kids	Mursi Woman with Scarifications	Scarifications Indicate Standing in the Tribe	Village Huts
Grinding Tef	Two Mursi Men	Shada, Our Local Scout		Choosing Produce to Buy
Wooden Figures	Bana Men Surveying the Market	Bana Man	Friends	Variety Store
Welcome		Small Market
Local Bar	Learning One of Life's Lessons	Roadside Performers	Tailor at Work	Ari Kids
Village Store		Braiding Hair	Pretty Woman
Village Store	Morning Bath		Tending the Village Distillery
Pensive	Tending the Fire for Making Injera	Checking the Injera	Cracking the Whip	Hundreds Gathered to See Our Plane
Bumpy Airstrip in the Middle of Town

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J. Scott Coile		02-Jan-2013 20:02
This is a MUST SEE in SLIDESHOW mode. John (typo before), I always appreciate your attention to personal touch in your travel photography. Thank you for allowing us to tag along again! Bravo.

Margaret Shea		20-Dec-2012 18:07
John, your photography is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

nina herlihy		19-Dec-2012 20:13
What a gift!!! Once again I am totally blown away by the images of art, scenes, and humanity. The quality of your photographs is superb beyond belief! Thank you for sharing your adventure because after seeing your "airstrip", hahah, it is the closest I will get to seeing it all!!!

barbara Moody		18-Dec-2012 22:10
These are amazing! You are truly an artist/photographer! Barbara

Edward Hahn		18-Dec-2012 21:40
Looks like you had a great time!

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