On the western side of Madagascar is the seaside town of Morondava which is home to the Avenue of Baobabs. The Avenue of Baobabs is a dirt road linking Morondava to Tsiribihina lined with these majestic baobabs. Our flight from Antananarivo to Morondava took about an hour, alternatively it is about a 9 to 12-hour … Continue reading Morondava Oct 2018
Any visit to Madagascar is incomplete if you don’t go and visit the lemurs only in existence here. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park is located about 150km east of Antananaviro and covers an area of 155 km² of protected rainforests. This national park provides habitat for many endemic and endangered species, the most famous being the 11 … Continue reading Andasibe Oct 2018
From Ethiopia, we flew for just under 5 hours to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Madagascar sits off the coast of East Africa and has frequently been considered the 8th continent of the world because there are many species of animals and plants endemic to Madagascar. In fact, over 90% of its wildlife is found … Continue reading Antananarivo Oct 2018
Other than the eleven Unesco churches in Lalibela, the surrounding countryside is also worth a visit. We ventured out of the main part of town to visit the semi-cave church of Nakutoleab built in the 13th century and the Yemrehanna Kristos church. As the name would suggest, Nakutoleab church is named after King Na’akuto La’ab … Continue reading Lalibela Part 2 Oct 2018
Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia famous for its monolithic rock-cut churches sunk into the ground and built between the 7th and 13th centuries. These churches are one of the nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia. What makes them different is that they were not constructed stone by stone, instead they were constructed … Continue reading Lalibela Part 1 Oct 2018
When I tell my friends I am visiting Ethiopia, many of them still had the image of hunger and poverty-stricken children with their large tummies publicized during the Live Aid concerts of the mid-1980s. Ethiopia still experiences droughts and I am sure there are still malnourished children in the country. But it is more than … Continue reading Addis Ababa Oct 2018
Our short visit to Omo Valley is quickly coming to an end. On our last morning we visited the Dorze Tribe on our way to the airport in Arba Minch from where we will fly back to the capital Addis Ababa. There are an estimated 30,000 Dorze people mostly living in villages near Chencha and … Continue reading Omo Valley Part 6: Dorze Village Sep 2018
