Goha Hotel Gonder

... could have seen her doing her thing. She slings her line up between two trees and just does it. She loves heights. She tells me her boyfriend is from Fort William, Scatland....<br><br>The Coptic Orthodox churches on the islands in Lake Tana made of mud and straw and decorated with wonderful paintings of Biblical scenes are indeed lovely and beautiful. The islands are inhabited by sour-faced monks; some islands are forbidden to women ...

... wallet. It even gives me a buzz, like speedy stuff. Too bad there's no cure for bad air. Respiratory problems seem the norm here, everybody coughing, but I've seen it all before in northern Thai burning season. I don't notice any significant burning here, but suspect it's a combination of smoke and dust. The skies seem too choked up to cry, but that's the only thing that might help. Sneezing is the problem in the pepper department of ...

... similar activity had resulted in automatic security precautions by my credit card company throughout my trip. Luckily, all worked out, as we were able to use the bank machine, which did not chew up my card. We clearly angered the bank guard (complete with rifle from the 1930s or 40s), however, when I jumped over a chain rather than walking around it, and then Lydia tried to memorialize me at our life-saving cash machine with a photo. We then ...

... swimming attire" (tight stripy boxers) got me kicked out - oh the shame! We also hit a couple of clubs and got properly into the Tigrai dancing - by the end of the night we'd opened up big circles George's style! Off for four days trekking in the Simien Mountains this weekend. Scenery looks breathtaking and it'll be fun hiking with our guide, scout (complete with AK), mules and mule driver - all a formality to increase tourist spending.

... by a dynasty of Christian rulers of Ethiopia, who wanted to get away from their Muslim enemies. Meanwhile our stoic mechanic Thiemo took a damaged vehicle into a local workshop for chassis repairs, as we have two lay days here and may have a third one due to lack of progress with the repairs. The 'workshop' is a dusty and ...

... RVI - as they call it here so they can talk about patients without being understood). A women came to the emergency medicine outpatients department with knee pain. She had stage IV RVI. We've become good friends with the other two medical students from Germany. They have been here for 4 months now so are clued up on the town and know all the interns - so we've had loads of intros and nights out with them. Unfortunately the medical education here ...