Sights on the way to Gorgora

Side trip to Gorgora

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December 31st 2009
Geo: 12.2403, 37.3008Today we headed out for a side trip to Gorgora. This is a small town on the northern shore of Lake Tana and most famous for bird watching and a monastery with 300 year old original paintings. Today was also our first real experience with a full scale scam - more on that later but as a result of it we did not stay in Gorgora as long as we would have liked.There isn't m ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia

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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