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Yemereha Hotel Lalibela

Lalibela, Ethiopia

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Holy Holes

A travel blog entry by farnie10

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There is not much to the town of Lalibela. 10,000 or so residents lie scattered throughout the township and it's surrounding villages, but there is one very big reason that people are drawn here. Ok, technically there are 11 reasons: the Rock-hewn churches. Unlike the anti-climactic structures at Tigray, these churches truly are Africa's Petra. But unlike Petra, the churches at Lalibela are completely monolithic (fully freestanding from the surrounding ...

Lalibela

A travel blog entry by paddyfetherston

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... they will start throwing up everywhere.

We stayed in Lalibela for two nights firstly to visit the churches (a couple of photos below) and secondly to try and get a grip on the flea problem.

After a great meal with some friends we have met along the way, we organized our journey back to Addis through a local guy who was driving there the next morning.
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Hewn Churches (WOW)

A travel blog entry by carlosherbane

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... morning tour, we visited six churches in the eastern cluster. Our first church was the Bet Medhand Alem with its 11.5 metre depth or height depending on they way you look at it. The dark interior was magnificent. We took a route through the Bet Marym (the first hewn church supposedly), sorry Bet Miskal before and then Bet Danaghel. We visited Lalibela's grave, Bet Golgota, Bet Mikael and Adam's Tomb before exiting through the main entrance.
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Gonder to Lalibela

A travel blog entry by carlosherbane

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... we did stop for a very brief lunch.

The mountain terrain kept on changing all afternoon. We really did pass through some spectacular scenery today.

Around 4.00pm, we heard a bang. The truck stopped. The air tank for the brakes had fallen off. Not good but it makes you appreciate just how tough these roads are. We stopped for an hour in order to fix the tank while some of ...

Bear Rocks

A travel blog entry by proinnsias

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... the town itself, but if you sit tight the bus does end up in the centre…ish. We panic and get out early, with our experience in Bahir Dar behind us we ignore pretty much anyone trying to give us help, the only way not to end up with one of these brokers. It goes pretty well for us and we find the Alfie Paradise hotel by ourselves. We bargin our way to a price we ...

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