Tana Hotel Bahir Dar

... I didn't get quite so much attention in the bigger city...I could actually explore.  Later in the day we drove to Bahir Dar,on Lake Tana (the biggest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile).  The drive was really pretty, through rice ...

... -- I've decided he's the real "happy California cow" (because we all know they aren't really in California). In the city of Bahir Dar I saw something I had yet to see in Ethiopia -- a working signal light (I didn't even see one working in Addis Ababa, ...

... Later in the afternoon, we went for a walk to get food. Avocados, sumosas and peanuts. We walked through shops and the markets of Bahir Dar. We in fact ended up at the market where we had visited the previous day! Very tired from all the walking, I had a ...

... a public bus for 2 short hours, bound for a village called Gashena where we were supposed to catch a connecting bus to Bahir Dar. Passing through a village to pick up more passengers we had yet another adventure. Our bus assistant was attacked by a ...

After about 24 hours and plenty of complementary London Pride on the BA flight I finally made it to Bahir Dar on the edge of Lake Tana. I tried to ignore the burned out plane just off the runway at Addis Ababa. The scenery was fantastic from Addis, a sort ...

... but he did not really reply.. Anyway I quite enjoyed the village and the people of the peninsula. It was a bit like going back in time.. I took a bus back to Bahir Dar.. fook the bicycle, I put it on the roof and the next morning I took a bus to Lalibela. ...

... dos in the area ticked off our list, we called it a night with a makeshift vegetarian dinner at the casual Bahir Dar Hotel. Given our experience with Ethiopian cuisine in Washington DC, which has amazing vegetarian dishes in addition to a healthy variety ...

... 5, reached airport at 5;30, boarded at 7:30 but then rode the shuttle bus back to the terminal due to bad weather at destination Bahir Dar. Boarded again an hour later and took off, but after 5 minutes we circled back to the airport due to a "minor ...

... that takes many years to perfect. Note: pitching forward into it gets you nil points. And a sore ringing forehead. We arrived in Bahir Dar at 2pm, not bad really. Antoneh refused to take us to the hotel we had decided on (he had my bag on his ...

... can. After being "ferenjied" at breakfast, we made an early get away. Today was another transit day to get us to Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. We cover the same terrain for much of the day. Seeing it again was an absolute treat. Ethiopia is so mountainous ...

... southern shores of Lake Tana. Life works in wonderfully mysterious ways. Start: Roha Hotel, Lalibela, ETH. 09:08 End: Ghion Hotel, Bahir Dar, ETH. 17:30 Distance Traveled: 270 km Road Conditions: Average Speed: 44 km/hr Max Speed: 91 km/hr ...

Bahir Dar (Amharic: sea shore) is the Capital city of the federal state of Amhara Region. It is located at the shores of Lake Tana, the larges lake in Ethiopia. Lake Tana is one of the sources of the Blue Nile, which in Ethiopia is called Abay (Daddy - in ...

... yep, it was full. Our luck had finally run out. But the hotel's staff was really helpful and drove us to a hotel a block away. Bahir Dar is famous for the churches and monasteries located on islands in Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia. So yesterday ...

... group was airlifted to Israel in 1991. When most people think of Ethiopia they think of famine and scorched desert land – Bahir Dar is the complete opposite with a tropical feel that we were quite surprised about. We are staying at the Ghion Hotel ...

... not only the Muezzin calling!   At the moment we are in Bahir Dar at the southern tip of Lake Tana where the Blue Nile originates .  Bahir Dar, a service town of 160 000, is a little larger then Gondar.  Again, for security reasons we are ...

... full flood, although the tropical Monsoon makes it nearly impossible to reach... Despite the mosquitoes and constant tourist-targetting scams I really liked Bahir Dar.  It had  a peaceful and clean feel to it.  Of course, both of these are ...

... up to take a trip on Lake Tana to the Island monasteries. I suppose I've failed to mention thus far that Bahir Dar and more precisely the Ghion hotel is situated on the shores of Lake Tana, a huge lake in Northern Ethiopia. Bahir Dar is on the Southern ...