Thursday, December 4, 2008
dodola - oct 2008
Southern Ethiopia... View from a bus in the way to Bale Mountains.
People, animals, colors, action, all present in the Ethiopian markets.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Besides all known problems that as contributed for a negative connotation to this country, Ethiopia is truly a land of contrasts and extremes, a land of remote and wild places. And the famines was part of the past...
I hope you enjoy this images of Ethiopia, as much as I was pleased in taking them... And visiting this fabulous country... Adventure and Culture in one single trip!
I hope you enjoy this images of Ethiopia, as much as I was pleased in taking them... And visiting this fabulous country... Adventure and Culture in one single trip!
ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa, the capital of the only country in Africa that was not colonised... Addis Ababa meaning "New Flower" was created by the action of Taitu, the consort of Emperor Menelik II, that asks him a beautiful house in the foothills of the previous unattractive capital, Entoto! Your first thought when arriving Addis is that your are in a dusty, noisy city... But after some time there, you will discover an amazing Cultural African Capital...
addis ababa - october 2008
Everywhere in the capital we can see priests in their dresses, and with essential accessories...for the Orthodox religion!
addis ababa - october 2008
Entoto Maryam Churh, in Entoto Mountain, the site of Menelike´s former capital.
addis ababa - october 2008
In Holy Trinity Cathedral, late afternoon, man and women together attending the Orthodox priest. This beautiful Church, is the celebrating final resting place of Emperor Haile Selassie and his wife Empress Menen Asfaw...
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