Ethiopia, Arba Minch ̶ First morning in Ethiopia, pre-dawn view across Abaya lake
Ethiopia, Lake Chamo, Nechisar national park ̶ Nile Crocodiles can grow to 20 ft and 2400 lbs.
Ethiopia, Arba Minch ̶ Tubabu let Brian drive his TukTuk from 40 Springs back to Paradise Lodge
Ethiopia, road to Turmi ̶ washing at the Delbena River
Ethiopia, road to Turmi ̶ Hamer tribe
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village school classroom
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village - drinking coffee
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ a Hamer village
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ market day
Ethiopia, Turmi ̶ market day
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Waterbuck
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ African Buffelos
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Dark chanting goshawk
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Daisy and Midexa at Illilbai hot springs
Ethiopia, Omo National Park ̶ Mui river bath and cloths washing, Daisy, Valorie and Brian
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, Omo National Park ̶ our camp
Ethiopia, road from Omo Nat. Park to Kangati ̶ Nyangatom tribe took some antibiotics from us for a child with a high fever
Ethiopia, road from Omo Nat. Park to Kangati ̶ Nyangatom tribe
Ethiopia, a Nyangatom village near Kanga ̶ Nyangatom tribe
Ethiopia, a village near Kanga ̶ Nyangatom tribe
Ethiopia - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ Lamlam and Daisy making Injera
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 - camping at Murelle, a Karo tribe village ̶ baths in cold water
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, camping at Murelle village ̶ Valorie and a termite mound
Ethiopia, a dry river crossing south of Omorate ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ the boarder line between Ethiopia and Kenya
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶ Daasanach tribe
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana (a bit in Kenya ) ̶
Ethiopia ̶ road from Omorate to Turmi
Ethiopia - Turmi ̶ Hamer tribe
Ethiopia - on the road to Jima ̶
Ethiopia, Mago National Park, Butina Village ̶ Mursi tribe
Ethiopia, Mago National Park, Butina Village ̶ Mursi tribe
Ethiopia, Mago National Park, Butina Village ̶ Mursi tribe
Ethiopia, Mago National Park, Butina Village ̶ Mursi tribe
Ethiopia, Mago National Park, Butina Village ̶ Mursi tribe
Ethiopia, Jinka, Yengeswe Village ( Ari tribe ) ̶ making injara
Ethiopia, Jinka, Yengeswe Village ( Ari tribe ) ̶
Ethiopia, Konso ̶ Konso market
Ethiopia, Konso ̶ Konso market
Ethiopia, Konso ̶ Konso market
Ethiopia, Konso ̶ Konso market, corn in a US AID can
Ethiopia, Konso, Gamole Village ( Konso tribe ) ̶
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, Konso, Gamole Village ( Konso tribe ) ̶ Guita ( a village leader )
Ethiopia, Konso, Gamole Village ( Konso tribe ) ̶ Haige ( a village leader )
Ethiopia, Yabello ̶ Valorie coming out of the mosquito net over her bed
Ethiopia, Yabello ̶ Brian
Ethiopia, Yabello ̶ Daisy
Ethiopia, road from Yabello to Chew Bit lake ̶ male ostrich
Ethiopia, Chew Bit Lake (Borena tribe) ̶ scooping salt from the bottom of the black lake
Ethiopia, Dublock to Yabello ̶ Borena tribe colorful dress
Ethiopia, Yabello ̶ Valorie and Brian
Ethiopia, Yabello (Borena tribe) ̶ kid driving a donky cart a at dawn
Ethiopia, Yabello ̶ Valorie in the kitchen
Ethiopia, road from Yabello to Awassa ̶
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Aregash Lodge ̶ spotted hyenas and a vervet monkey
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Abezu Asefa and Valorie
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ harvesting Enset trees
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Asefa family home
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Asefa family home - making lunch from the roots of enset plants
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Asefa family home
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ Asefa family home
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Sidama Village ̶ man selling coffee
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Aregash Lodge ̶ Brian and Valorie
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Aregash Lodge ̶ vervet monkey admiring our breakfast through the window
Ethiopia, Yirga Alem, Aregash Lodge ̶ coffee
Ethiopia ̶ Highway 7
Ethiopia, Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary ̶ Daisy
Ethiopia, Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ Brian whistling
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ Daisy
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ Brian
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶
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 Chitu ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶ Sacred Ibis
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶ washing at the lake
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ hotel security
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶ At dawn at the edge of lake Shala a Flamingo gathers blue green algae from a steamy hot spring
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶ hot springs feeding lake shala, the deepest lake in the rift valley
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Shala ̶
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ flamingos
Ethiopia, Lake Chitu ̶ View of Lake Chitu and Lake Shala from in front of our loft at Thousand Flamingos Lodge ( several photos combined )
Ethiopia,Hwy 90 east of Adaba ̶ Hago
Ethiopia,Hwy 90 east of Adaba ̶ Awal, Hago, Abuel and Mohamed
Ethiopia,Hwy 90 east of Adaba ̶ threshing barley with horses
Ethiopia,Hwy 90 east of Adaba ̶ Hago
Ethiopia, Gaysay Grasslands ̶ olive baboons
Ethiopia, Dinsho ( Bale Mountain Park HQ ) ̶ The mountain nyala is an endangered endemic
Ethiopia, Goba ̶ Midexa, Brian and Valorie filling up the car and jerrycans for another adventure, this time to the East
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ our car & an endemic hagenica tree ( Hagenia abyssinica )
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 ̶ Midexa, Mount Tullu Dimtu
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ Mount Tullu Dimtu
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ views from Mount Tullu Dimtu
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ views from Mount Tullu Dimtu
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶
Ethiopia, Rira ̶
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Daisy
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Valorie and Shito Shito swinging on a tree in the Bale Mountains Harenna Forest
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Daisy in the Harenna Forest of the Bale Mountains
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ washing at the river
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Brian cooking dinner
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Brian riding Dama
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Valorie on Silgo
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Daisy riding Magala on a bambo logging trail in the Harenna Forrest
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Mohamed and Valorie
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Valorie & a Flamingo feather
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Valorie
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Fatara and Daisy in the kitchen
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Soiba and Brian ( Shito )
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Malia, the 9 year old daughter of Fatara
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ market
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ magic beans
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ buying supplies
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ lady sifting teff seeds which are the main ingredent of the national food which is injera
Ethiopia, Dolo Mena ̶ Valorie and Daisy
Ethiopia, Rira ̶
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Mohamed, Daisy, Brian, Fatara, Soiba and Valorie making chinese dumplings
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Daisy in the Harenna Forest of the Bale Mountains
Ethiopia, Herale ( near Rira ) ̶ Malia, the 9 year old daughter of Fatara
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 ) ̶ Midexa and Daisy eating honey in the Harenna Forest
Ethiopia, Herale (near Rira) ̶ Valorie, Daisy and Brian riding Silgo, Magala and Dama
Ethiopia, Herale (near Rira) ̶
Ethiopia, Herale (near Rira) ̶ Brian on Dama and Valorie on Silgo
Ethiopia, Herale (near Rira) ̶ outdoor school
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 ̶ giant lobelia plant
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ Brian, the first man to play football on the alpine moorland of the Saneti Plateau ( elev 13,000 feet )
Ethiopia, Sanetti Plateau ̶ Juniper Trees (Juniperus procera)
Ethiopia, Dodola ̶ Brian
Ethiopia, Lake Langano ̶ woke Daisy up to see the sunrise
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, Lake Langano ̶ our cabin on Lake Langano
Ethiopia, Lake Langano ̶ Daisy
Ethiopia, Lake Ziway ̶ Marabou stork
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Valorie and Rigus Badada
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Anna and Midexa
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Brian and Anna
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Daisy and Menelik
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Daisy making a coffee ceremony
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa ̶ Valorie and Midexa's dad who is 85 yrs old and plays football
Ethiopia, Lake Turkana ̶ La Encrucijada
MokTseChe ̶ Happy 7 B-Day Brian: Zachary, Leo, Brian, Blaze, Charles, Ryley, and Valorie
Pak Sha Wan ̶ Valorie at TaoTao's for breakfast. We have been eating here for 20 yrs ...
MokTseChe ̶ Eclipsed Blue Moon ( this is the color straight off the camera )