Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ lunch at a Chinese construction camp for the Sugarcane project that will divert the Omo river and consume 30% of Omo National Park
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ lunch at a Chinese construction camp for the Sugarcane project that will divert the Omo river and consume 30% of Omo National Park
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Valorie and Brian at the place where the Mui river enters the Omo river
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Egyption Plover at the place where the Mui river enters the Omo river ( a rare find )
Ethiopia, road from Omo Nat. Park to Kangati ̶ Nyangatom tribe took some antibiotics from us for a child with a high fever
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Futung, Kala and Oito ( Kala is a Hamer lady married into a Karo tribe )
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Futung, Kala and Oito ( Kala is a Hamer lady married into a Karo tribe )
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Gado, Enti, Koto, Lamila, Kala. Gado, Enti & Koto are Martha's sister, mom and other sister.
Ethiopia, road ( path ) to Korocho Village ̶ Crossing Diba dry lake. Lake is dry due to sugar plantation diversion of Omo river.
Ethiopia, road ( path ) to Korocho Village ̶ Crossing Diba dry lake. Lake is dry due to sugar plantation diversion of Omo river.
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Embu helping a mother sheep to recognize her newborn
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Daisy & Martha (Marthi studies in Addis and wants to be a doctor. She came to Murelle to meet her mom, Enti, for the first time since she was 3 months old
Ethiopia, Konso, Gamole Village ( Konso tribe ) ̶ Gamole village includes 5,600 people and has a 1000 year history. Each ring on the pole reperesents one generation.
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Asefa family home - making lunch from the roots of enset plants
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ people and animals drink and bath in the hot springs feeding the soda lake in the volcano crater that is Chitu, home to 20,000 lesser flamingos
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶ At dawn at the edge of lake Shala a Flamingo gathers blue green algae from a steamy hot spring
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ View of Lake Chitu and Lake Shala from in front of our loft at Thousand Flamingos Lodge ( several photos combined )
Ethiopia, Goba ̶ Midexa, Brian and Valorie filling up the car and jerrycans for another adventure, this time to the East
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ The Ethiopian Wolf is one of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most endangered carnivore with a total population of about 350 of which half live in the Bale mountains.
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ The Ethiopian Wolf is one of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most endangered carnivore with a total population of about 350 of which half live in the Bale mountains.
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ The Giant Mole-Rat is endemic to Ethiopia's Bale Mountains and endangered due to habitat loss.
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ The Ethiopian Wolf is one of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most endangered carnivore with a total population of about 350 of which half live in the Bale mountains.
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Valorie and Shito Shito swinging on a tree in the Bale Mountains Harenna Forest
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Daisy riding Magala on a bambo logging trail in the Harenna Forrest
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ lady sifting teff seeds which are the main ingredent of the national food which is injera
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Mohamed, Daisy, Brian, Fatara, Soiba and Valorie making chinese dumplings
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Siddique 60 ft up in a hagenia tree taking honey from bees with bare hands
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Siddique 60 ft up in a hagenia tree taking honey from bees with bare hands
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Mohamed, Valorie, Midexa, Fatara, Soiba, Brian, Daisy and Malia in front of our house in their pasture with the usual honey, bread, tea and coffee that we ate all week
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ Brian, the first man to play football on the alpine moorland of the Saneti Plateau ( elev 13,000 feet )
Ethiopia, Lake Langano ̶ a spearman that I ran into at dawn by the lake. I asked why he carried a spear and was told that spears are useful.
Ethiopia ̶ based on the dump truck on the side of the road, i think i took this north of Jinka. A Mursi tribe girl had been killed by a truck and the tribe shot 19 truck drivers on the road in return - causing the price of fule to soar because nobody wants to drive a truck now.