Lake Tana Monasteries
December 23rd 2009 Geo: 11.6, 37.3833Lake Tana is the primary reason that Bahir Dar exists. It is a huge lake - one of the largest in Africa and it feeds the Blue Nile River which flows up to the White Nile (what we simply call the Nile) and on to the Mediterranean. There are several small islands on the lake, most of which have monasteries. Most accept visitors but some do not allow women. Of course, these ar
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