Lalibella is our next stop. This little village has 11 churches carved out of rocks and as we are such good Christians we visit them all (but maybe more so because it is one expensive entry ticket for all churches LOL).
Backtracking a bit we arrive in the lake town of Bahir Dar. Together with our Canadian passenger Rishi (who we met in Lalibella) we hire a little boat to go and see a monastery on the lake. You can do tours here that take you to 6 monasteries, staring at 8 in the morning but as you can imagine that is not really our thing. So we decide just to visit one monastery and rent a boat ourselves. The three of us enjoy the boat ride… but the three of us decide not to enter the monastery on the little island. Yes, we know, this is what we came for but really, the monastery looks pathetic from the outside and with the price of the entrance fee Kosta and Rishi can enjoy loads of beers. LOL And nothing lost as we overheard other travellers saying their tour of the monasteries wasn’t all that great.
While tourist were on their organized tour in the morning, we had a bit of fun at ‘the tour the Bahir Dar’.
Blue Nile Gorge
We also use our time in Bahir Dar to try and get rid of our little visitors: we have fleas in the car! We are both full of bites, but only on the legs. As Kosta and I never get bitten at night, we suspect that they feats on us while driving during the day. There is only one thing to do: to gas the little buggers (I will leave my little joke about Kosta being a German and gassing aside LOL). Done that we drive to the capital, Addis Ababa. The view is amazing as we pass through the Blue Nile Gorge. It takes us two days to get there and the 26 extra bites I get on the second day tell us that the flea we found in the car in the morning still has friends lingering around. And oh yes, that is 26 and yes that is extra! I, my friends, am scratching myself bruises! This itches like hell! So we gas the car again… to find fleas alive afterwards! These little visitors do not want to leave the bar! But all good things come to an end, so also this party! The third time we gas the car with a product called Doom. Oh yes, this is a doom day for the buggers ‘cos this product does what it promises: many casualties in insectland aka a flea free car!
Rishi staring like the Ethiopians do LOL
Guarding our stuff while waiting for fleas to die
For Claudia and Arnt, our MacGyver shower :)
Frientin, af en toe moet je je eens wassen hé en de auto verluchten... :o))
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