Monday update and the future!

As I have now written a hefty amount of blog posts gushing over Ethiopia, and now that I am starting a new adventure, I thought I would make Memory Lane Monday into Memory Lane Monthly.

I still have so many memories to share with you but I will now be posting once a month so that I have more time to tell you about the exciting things going on in Korea! I leave on Sunday so it is all getting very real…!

So what you’ll see from now on is a new weekly photo feature, at least one longer post about what I’ve been getting up to and some intervals down Memory Lane…

Thanks for reading guys!

Memory Lane Monday: Delving deeper into Southern Ethiopia

Exploring Southern Ethiopia had proved to be an incredible adventure so far and it definitely wasn’t going to get boring anytime soon. We left Key Afar, it’s Thursday market, it’s invitations for tea and it’s cheeky kids, and we drove …

Memory Lane Monday: Southern Ethiopia photo round-up

As I was searching for the best photos to add to my final story from our final stop in Southern Ethiopia, I realised there were so many great images I hadn’t yet shared. I also realised that I had some …

Memory Lane Monday: Market madness in Key Afar

So far Key Afar had been an incredible introduction to Ethiopia’s mysterious South and our second day in town was no exception- it was market day. Key Afar’s multi-cultural market occurs every Thursday and is a must do if you …

Memory Lane Monday: Meeting the Banna people of Key Afar

After breaking schedule to give you a little update on my comings and goings and then completely missing Memory Lane Monday last week, I’m back on track with a new post on Ethiopia. A couple of months ago I wrote …

Memory Lane Monday: A Tuk Tuk adventure in Ethiopia

To get down South quickly, we flew from Lalibela to Arba Minch, the biggest city in the area. We hadn’t expected too much from this place but ended up having an incredible time, mostly thanks to meeting a very special Tuk Tuk driver called Tom.

We met Tom when he offered to Tuk Tuk us into town from the airport for a very decent price and he ended up being our personal driver for the two days we stayed in the town. He took us on an incredible day trip up into the hills to visit the traditional Dorze village of Chincha and to drink some Tej (local honey wine drunk from old medicine bottles!) and he even took us dancing! He wasn’t a tour guide by trade but was so knowledgeable about the area and seemed so pleased to be able to share it with us. He is someone we will never forget, just as we won’t forget the days we spent together in this very worthwhile stop on the way into the lower valleys..

Memory Lane Monday: Not quite trekking the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia

One of the things we were most excited about doing in Ethiopia was going on a multi-day trek in Simien Mountains National Park. We had heard about week long treks, camping in the wilderness and sharing it all with Galada baboons.

We had even bipassed seeing the castles of Gondar so that we would have enough time for a good long hike… that and the fact it was raining like hell when we arrived in Gondar…

Memory Lane Monday: Blown away by Lalibela, Ethiopia

Last week I mentioned how I had never been so awed by religion as I was in Ethiopia and part of the reason for that was visiting Lalibela. This astounding place situated in a mountainous region north of Addis Ababa consists of 11 churches hewn entirely from living rock. Churches carved by hand straight into a mountain? Now that’s what I call devotion! And the fact that they are still fully working places of worship is further testament to that devotion. I can’t think of any other way to explain it but to say that, to me, this seemed like faith in its rawest form.

Memory Lane Monday: Introducing my love for Ethiopia

Recently I have noticed that most of my search engine referrers are from people searching for things related to Ethiopia and being directed to my blog, which is great as Ethiopia is amazing!

So, considering that I have only written one post on this country I love so much, I thought I would rectify that with a series of Memory Lane Monday posts dedicated to this fascinating place! And here is why I think it is so…

Memory Lane Monday: It’s Carnival!

Rio Carnival, February 2010. Wow. A major highlight among a year of incredible experiences!

Not wanting to appear lazy but, again, I am taking you on a visual journey…  Carnival is one of those experiences where it is all about the atmosphere and, despite my crappy point and shoot, I think I have mnaged to capture a little bit of that with these images. So, let carnival inspiration commence!