Pictures and musings on this adventure we call life.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Jamie in Africa


The women's cooperative just outside of Gondar where they train single mothers who have lost their husbands for various reasons how to make a living by training them in pottery making, weaving, etc.


Jamie in Axum, under the biggest collapsed Stelae


The Stelae in Axum that was just recently returned to Ethiopia from Italy


Prickly pears!


A view from the bus on the long, winding, beautiful drive to Axum

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Jamie in Africa





Here are two photos from the Blue Nile Falls

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Jamie in Africa


The view on the bus ride from Gondar to Bahir Dar


Jamie having some delicious fresh juice in Bahir Dar


The gorgeous, enormous pelicans on Lake Tana


One of many paintings in the Monasteries


A monk at the first monastery we visited (Entos Eyesu)