I went to the Doctor again as the antihistamines were not working. My welts turned out to be dust mite bites. Vicious insects. The Doctor recommended keeping tight clothes on as a prevention.
On Sunday we flew to Bahir Dar. Our hotel and room were lovely.
Here we met Gina and David Cosco from Whitehorse who run The Frances G. Cosco Foundation in Amhara Region. They work collaboratively with local communities, government and other NGOs on education improvement projects. Their work includes facilities, teacher training, school greening, water sanitation and hygiene, and outcome measurement and research. You can check their website at FGC Foundation.org
Below from left to right are Girma, Gina, Abiyot, Yehalim (the Foundation’s Executive Director) and David in front of one of the new schools under construction.
The day after arriving we visited sights in and around Bahir Dar which is the third largest city in Ethiopia. Khat fields on the outskirts.
From this lookout you can see Lake Tana in the distance and the Blue Nile below. You can also see the khat farms in the foreground. We were told 90 % of males and 36% of females use khat daily, though that seems like an exaggerated number to us.
Along the sides of the road you can see the sun being used to dry a variety of foods.
Our first hippo sighting
and monkey sightings too.
Amazing how high the loads can be.
Lake Tana .
On a subsequent day we visited the Blue Nile.
Ferry across the river for a hike to the falls.
School bus.
New fields being ploughed. The whip cracking was a distinctive sound on our hike.
Fields of onions being tended to.
Sugar cane being planted.
The Blue Nile falls.
Swinging bridge over a deep ravine put in by an NGO so farmers can take their products to the market.
Returning from the hike for the bumpy ride back to town. High school students in the background with their green uniforms on.
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