Farewell to Harar...

Zoe & I outside the Traditional Harari Guest House we stayed at...   Zoe exploring the formal sitting room decorated from floor to ceiling in traditional arts & crafts...     The boys will play Football (Soccer) anywhere and anyone is welcome to join in!    Harar beer...in our opinion the best beer in Ethiopia....   So of course being in Harar itself we HAD to have some...     Walking in the rain...   Leaving Harar...   Local huts made from different materials collected...  On the road again...  
Small town camel...     View from a tukul... Ethiopian Highlands - farmland...     My blessed tribe...  

These are the last pictures from the Harar part of our journey last July. From Harar we headed east back towards Addis Ababa with a stop at Awash National Park. 

It was such a great journey together...memories made.

Life in Ethiopia: Negash Lodge

When we went to Wenchie Crater we stayed at the unique Negash Lodge...

 

Photos in order:

1. Excited to check out our lodging

2. Staying in the traditional Dorze style house

3. An amazing woven structure

4 & 5. children love stairs!

6.  hand crafted

7. lantern love

8. a fabulous door

9. secrets being shared

10. this girl LOVES water

11. trying to feed it rose petals

12. beautiful garden setting

13 & 14. exploring

15. looking skywards

16. My third son Tal exclaimed: "Mommy...someone drew on that house - uh-oh!!!"

Life in Ethiopia: Wenchie Crater

We love to travel as a family so this time last year we escaped the city and went on our first holiday to Wenchie Crater, Ethiopia

Photos in order:
1. My two eldest sons - sharing a horse together

2. The view of Wenchie Crater

3. Father & daughter - finally off the horse!

4. My Aussie family loved that there were soooo many Gum Trees!

5. Finished the horse ride down - walking to get our boat across the lake

6. Local children tagging along on the journey

7. A closer view of the crater lake

8. Our boat awaits

9. My second son, doing a bit of dreaming

10. The tribe - having a snack

11. My eldest son, Owen - the ultimate traveller...nothing phases him while on the 'road'

12. Traditional hollowed out boat

13.  The small monastary located on an island in the middle of the lake

14. Church bell

15. Our daughter Zoe - checking out the scene

16. Zoe with the beginnings of a traditional Tukul (hut)

17. The framework of a Tukul

18. Inside the Tukul

19. View from the monastery across the lake