Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelGhion Hotel Bahar Dar
Monasteries & dodgy boats on Lake Tana
Alexjasonworld stayed here on Jan 8, 2011 during their trip titled: Have Laura and Paul been here yet??.
Fond memories
It was a day of memories. Ethiopia seems to be undergoing massive road construction and the majority of them are led by Chinese road crews using local labour. Early in the morning we spotted our first Beijing Jeep, exactly the same kind we used to have when we lived in Urumqi, Xinjiang! We couldn't believe it!! It brought back memories of our …
Monastaries On the Lake
Yesterday we arrived in Bahir Dar – a town north of Ethiopia. We flew because domestic flights on Ethiopian Airlines are very cheap. Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is the source of the Blue Nile. This area has a lot of religious significance. The Amhara, a Christian people who settled here hundreds of years ago – their …
Bahir Dar and Lake Tana
Well the cold has got a good grip on me now. Last night was not a cold night and the heavy downpour reminded me of the extremes of weather I had experience since arriving in Africa.
Job number one was the shower in room 17 will remain with me for a long time. It literally brought me back to life! The bloke in the room (17) was …
Traveling from Lalibela to Bahir Dar
Well last night was fun! We skipped dinner in favour of honey wine and dancing in Torpedo Tej. Lalibela is famous for honey due to the legend of bees identifying Lalibela as being "sovereignty"
It was a cold night too! Never mind! Oh by the way, I have caught a cold yesterday! It has made me tired and bunged up. I am hoping for a speedy …


