29.9.15

More Ethiopian Sights


The sunset over Addis Ababa. I was able to experience a lot of this country's beauty in the past two weeks.





Animals, sheep, goats, cows, chickens, are everywhere. This goat looked especially skeptical of me.





Addis Ababa has very few stoplights. Instead, most intersection are roundabouts (and are crazy). This one features a monument to the martyrs of the Italian fascist massacre of 1937.





This weekend I went camping in a national forest that claims to be the oldest park in Africa.





Cool tree.





We, the Evangelical Theological Faculty, went on a retreat to Lake Babogaya. It is located on one of the areas many crater lakes and is 38 meters deep.





Many, many stars.





While camping we went to look for the waterfall. This was the best we found.





During the celebration of Meskel thousands of Ethiopians gather in the center of Addis Ababa and carry these lighted candles.





The main feature of the Meskel celebration is the lighting of the demera. It commemorates the fire that St. Helena used to find the true cross.

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