When I first saw the image above I was sure it was a painting, and in a way it is. That image is part of a 3d laser scanning project in Harar, Ethiopia. Charles Matz, a professor of interior design at NYIT (New York Institute of Technology), is leading a geospatial surveying project to collect [...]

continue reading.....

First, I need to clarify that there are at least two different ways to arrange the trekking trip. You can contact directly the people of TESFA CbT (Community Based Tourism) and they will arrange the tour starting in Lalibela. They only take care of the mountain trip, and can’t arrange flights, hotels, or guides outside [...]

continue reading.....

With this post I will end the first group of churches in Lalibela. The remaining churches of this group are considerably smaller: Bet Meskel, Bet DanaGhel, Bet Mikael, and Bet Golgotha. Actually, they look more like chapels than full churches.

Bet [...]

continue reading.....

Returning to the first group of churches in Lalibela, you can see in the map above how is the general layout. Curiously, a while ago the entrance to the churches was through the trench marked with the number 1 on the upper left of the image, but nowadays that trench is [...]

continue reading.....