TESFA trek: the walk to Aterow

Posted in March 23rd, 2012

As I said before, I started my TESFA trekking trip from east to west and my first site was Aterow. The driver from Lalibela dropped us, my guide and me, in a small town where we had lunch while we waited for the local guides and their donkey to pick us [...]

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TESFA CbT, Tesfa Tours and the Basics

Posted in March 10th, 2012

by Alicia in Africa, Culture, Ethiopia

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 [...]

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Trekking supplies

Posted in March 7th, 2012

by Alicia in Africa, Ethiopia

Today I wanted to share my experience of what to take on a trip to the mountains and list a couple of “essentials” that are good to have at hand. However, I need to say that most of these things depend on how well can you live without the comforts of the [...]

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Lalibela. The Rock Carved Churches. 1st Group: Final words

Posted in March 3rd, 2012

by Alicia in Africa, Culture, Ethiopia, art, religion

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.