My “must have” packing list for Ethiopia didn’t include tapes of American folk music, but then I never knew Joseph would be my driver. Any of my old tapes gathering dust would have been prized possessions for Joseph, especially anything with Johnny Cash or any of my old Beatles tapes. Joseph’s one Beatle tape was broken, so we made do for the week with Simon and Garfunkle. The southern half of Ethiopia is unlike any place I have seen. It is not only vastly different from other parts of the African continent, it is nothing like the northern part of this amazing country. The north or historic route, encompasses ancient sights from Azum’s St. Mary of Zion church, supposedly the final (and still) resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, to the Portuguese-influenced castles of
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