Ethiopian Highlands

EXPEDITION TO MARCH ON MAGDALA, ETHIOPIA

December 13th 2011
It has taken Ethiopia a long time to shake off its international image as a nation blighted by famine, pestilence and civil war. In 1985 Bob Geldof and his gang of activists raised awareness of mass starvation in the horn of Africa with the famous Band Aid concert which went a long way to generating support and money for the people in need. An inevitable consequence of this though has been to b ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Tigray Region » Mek'ele

Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more

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Levison Wood

Lev Wood

Levison Wood is a full time expedition planner, writer and photographer. He set off on his travels at the age of eighteen and has been on the road ever since. Whilst studying a degree in history, Lev hitchhiked around the Middle East including a war-torn Iraq and Palestine. After finishing his studies Lev thumbed his way across the world yet again, this time to India via Russia, the Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan. Lev spent several years as an officer in the Parachute Regiment where he saw active service on the Battlefields of Afghanistan in 2008. Whilst in the army he led several large expedi... full info

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