Well after being in Gonder for a week we were really well and truly happy to be getting going again. We drove the 150km on a road that could easily be the best one to date. Beautiful scenery… rolling hills, dramatic landscapes – please guys send me some adjectives! It was an easy ride down to the lakes with loads of good quality tarmac below us we flew there. My rear tyre is in very bad nick and the thread is showing now. I have constant punctures and slow leaking puncture that I cant find. We arrived there to this kind of paradise b&b by the lake under the trees. We found all our biker friends, the candians already aprked out front. It is wonderful having a group like this, as you arrive someplace and you feel like your coming home. We have met so many wonderful people on thie journey, from all corners of the world. But I must say that we bikers have a special bond whilst traveling. Its something a lot closer and intimate. The next couple of days we just relaxed and visited some churches on these small islands in the middle of the lakes. Namely Kebran Grabriel (no woman allowed sorry!). which was wonderful. It was founded circa 1320 a.d. took loads of photos for my girlfriend Anita who is an art restorer (the murales were incredible there and in desperate need of some restoration. I sat there for sometime drawing a picture of Jesus with a priest kneeled in front of me watching my every mark. Lovely little moment. Found some kids playing football in the streets and have been taking lots of shots for the Muti project
Domenica 06/01/08 siamo andati a Bahir-Dar. La strada e’ completamente asfaltata e costeggia il lato est del lago Tana salendo e scendendo dale montagne dell’altopiano etiopico ad un’altitudine media di 2.300 mt. Il panorama e’ incredibile, la natura e’ ricchissima e piena di colori con rocce maestose che emergono da colline rivestite d’erba verde/oro e qualche albero d’acacia.Arrivati a Bahir-Dar siamo andati all’Hotel Ghion (N 11 35,843’ E 37 23,161’) dove abbiamo ritrovato Audrie, Eke e Tom con i quali abbiamo discusso su come attraversare il Kenya che attualmente attraversa un terribile stato di crisi. Ad ogni modo sono contento di aver ritrovato i canadesi. Sono persone fantastiche e viaggiare con loro e’ davvero piacevole.
Colonna Sonora: "Somewere over the rainbow/What a wonderful world" Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
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