2015 - Ethiopia: Simien Mountains

Over Easter 2015 we visited Ethiopia for a week, dividing our time between the cultural sites of Lalibela and Gondar and trekking in the Simien Mountains.

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Ever since I saw the lammergeiers on David Attenborough's Life of Birds in 1998 I've had a hankering to go to the Ethiopian Highlands to see the bird in the wild. And in Easter 2015 that supposed unrequited hankering of mine was actually resolved - thanks to Rashida's instigation. So, Rashida, Leyla and I (Sal was in Spain on a school trip) visited our friends Joanna and David (thanks, both, for your generous hospitality and organisation skills) , who are living in Addis Ababa, and spent a few days in Lalibela, for the cultural fix, before going on a trek in the Simien mountains, the home of the lammergeyers.

While the weather wasn't great for photography, and I didn't manage to take any pictures of the lammergeiers we did see, the trip didn't disappoint, even after all those years...