Africa Hotel Aksum

... was quite fascinating and the minibus driver actually got over one.. poor beast.. After a couple of hours we finally arrived in Aksum! We slept at Africa Hotel. The owner is quite friendly and rooms were clean and with a TV. The day afterwards we, me and ...

... into churches, when they are not museums but churches that are being used by locals to pray in. I enjoyed going to the Reimhind hotel for lovely meals in the traditional restaurant - yeay it was great to get fasting food every day that tasted lovely - ...

... Debra Damo and Yeha, excellent news as it would probably be a bit expensive by myself! Not many other independent travelers in Aksum, although a number of small organized tour groups. Tried to crack a joke about Yeha, something along the lines of 'ride ...

... knew Aksum as a powerful capital.  For almost 1000 years this empire held a strangle hold on the trade routes between Africa and Asia.  After this, however, it went into a severe decline that plunged Ethiopia back into the dark ages for ...

... Aksum the last half of a larva came out with a gentle squeeze.  All three holes are at last healing! At the hotel in Aksum we had a brain wave and searched on google for ‘mango fly’, which we remembered reading about somewhere.  ...

... day of sightseeing with our local guide. Aksum was the capital of the ancient Aksumite Empire that ruled large swaths of East Africa and southern Arabia between the 3rd and 6th century, and controlled much of the Red Sea trade from the port city Adulis. ...

... although Hannah and I ARE getting sick of sleeping with each other. The next day we made the final hop, skip and jump to Aksum and were very pleasantly surprised. It's a wee town with lovely weather, a vaguely wild west flavour and a population of only ...

... a great time speaking with the locals and learning about what makes Ethiopia work, the history and the people. Another great day in Africa. All good Cheers miles Maychew to Axum 28/11/09 380 ks A swiss couple had there front window smashed  in by ...

... and east, conquering the Nile Valley realm of Meroe and becoming ruler over part of both Asia and Africa. He constructed much of the monumental architecture of Aksum, including a reported 100 stone obelisks, the tallest of which loomed 98 ft over the ...

... nice, rural area. I went down by walking, because I was afraid to fall from the mule (Rita...). 4/3 a FLIGHT TO aKSUM. hOTEL aFRICA ($6.3 a single room with bathroom). We took a tuktuk and saw all the ruins - not so impressive. 5/3: Avi's birthday ...

... was never made a colony of any foreign power and its people and culture seem uniquely different than other countries in Africa.  The country has been routinely mischaracterized as place of famine and deserts even though most of it ...

... without really giving any impression of what we had in store.  All of a sudden we reached the Simien Lodge (apparently Africa's highest) and realised why this park was also on the UNESCO World Heritage list.  We'd reached the northern escarpment ...

I was quite tired from all the hiking up the Tigrai monastery and just spent a couple of days in Axum chilling around, enjoying Mango-Avo juices and of course visiting the axumite stelaes and tombs. They are quite impressive thou and there is still loads ...

We arrived in Axum in time for the Timkat festival which is the Orthodox Epiphany. We watched a large procession of priests and worshippers take the original Ark of the Covenant (well probably not the original, but most people in Ethiopia believe it is) ...

... managed to make a tour together (125$ in total after bargaining and with the help of the tourist office... a tourist operator at Africa hotel even wanted 85euros each, many times the price written on the lonely planet guide, and after I refused he ...

... around the city for a bit and i then i went to the Mercado, which is supposed to be one of the biggest markets in Africa.  Walking around here became annoying and tiresome because all of the people trying to latch on to me and show me around.  ...

... to Aksum, taking only 40mins and flying above part of the panoramic rift valley in a Fokker 50 propeller plane. Arriving in Aksum we met the usual hotel touts and settled on staying at the Kaleb Hotel, which is in the center of the town with rooms that ...

... city of Aksum in northern Ethiopia. From the very start, magic and witchcraft, which were part of the cultural fabric of Africa, were strictly forbidden by the Church. Ethiopian Christian pilgrims came to Jerusalem, as early as the fourth century, and in ...

We plan to go trecking in the Simian mountains but we sleep in and miss the bus. Our fall back plan is to go to Aksum. The bus conducter tries to extort us and then refuses to let us on the bus so we try to take a bus to Lalibella. That bus driver tries ...

... have?” Anyway the stop gave us an opportunity to have lunch. We drove for the remainder of the day until we reached Aksum at around 7:30. The hotel (2123m, Lat: N14°07'17.0”, Lon: E38°44'06.5) is quite nice and I feel spoilt after all the ...