nomadic in april

Descent into a crater

This weekend Selam and I went hiking. We survived a death ride to a lake in a crater. It's an amazing place and the first time Selam had been.  We were in Wenchi, a remote village just a short drive from Addis. We climbed down a no path, path on a brilliant green carpet mountain to the lake. A "search party" came after us. By the time we came back up we had collected a pack of youngsters on horses waiting for the moment we'd give up and beg for a ride. But we perservered in the high altitude and vertical climb on dewy grass with all the wrong shoes. Truly an amazing place. It's winter here and quite a shock to my system after the Middle East! But oh so beautiful.




Oh, when we stopped at the tourist center to collect our guide, one little boy came to the car to ask for a pen. We couldn't find any so we gave him a piece of candy. He summoned alllllllll his friends and they rushed the car, and then followed us to the start of the path.