Roha Hotel Lalibela

Lalibela was definitely one of the
highlights of our trip to Ethiopia. Lalibela itself is a small
mountain town but it is home to 11 incredible medieval rock-hewn
churches that were built by chiseling away at a massive pieces of
volcanic rock. Apparently King Lalibela wanted to replicate and
build the Holy Land in ...

... de peau. C'est la période du carême (qui dure étonnamment 55 jours, Jésus ayant passé plus de temps que prévu dans le désert) et tous les restaurants proposent de la fasting food (nourriture du jeûne) avec une injera (grande crêpe locale) recouverte de diverses purées de légumes plus ou moins épicées vu que tout produit animal est prohibé. Tout le monde attend Fasika, Pâques avec impatience. L'Ethiopie est fière de son orthodoxie (ce qui est un atout sans ...

... buildings surrounded by the remaining rock they originated from.  Bet Giyorgis ("Place of George" - named after the patron saint of Ethiopia) is without doubt the most spectacular of all the churches and clearly shows the architecture of the churches. While sipping macchiatos one afternoon the waitress  invited us to a coffee ceremony the following evening.    This is a ritual for celebrating coffee and an example of Ethiopian hospitality.  We ...

... What the hell does that mean? Can't they fly in the dark? And that's all the announcement says! Everyone is mingling around - lost, confused, scared. The white-man is running and ranting at anyone he can find. Totally perplexed, we're trying to communicate with airline staff who don't speak English. We're told that we need to speak to an 'agent in green', but he is conveniently no where to be found! We start scouting around looking ...

... family. I thought of buying them a coffee ceremony set at the gift shop, but I didn't know how that would be received. Speaking with Krista, she was also greatly touched by this family and wanted to do something as well. After much discussion we thought that dinner would be a good idea. So down to the restaurant we tried to make our desires known: traditional Ethiopian food for our friends down the road! It took quite a bit of ...

... Our little mini-bus had quite the time. Since no one has a vehicle, the few that are on the road take as many riders as they can fit. We've seen more living huts than anywhere else thus far - some were even 2 stories! This area, even more than Aksum is greatly awaiting the rains. There is almost no water present. Kindly, our hotel provided us with a bucket filled with water in our room as there are none to be had ...