Dorze & Konso highlands

Dorze, cool highlands, and 'elephant lodge'

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February 16th 2010
Geo: 6.2607, 37.5842After returning to Arba Minch for a couple of hours, I head into the cool highlands of the Guge Mountains. Tonight will be chilly, and I'm looking forward to this after the sweltering heat of the Omo Valley. I'm leave today because I've already paid for the car, and the next day is the local market. Dorze is a small community, north of Arba Minch and south o ... 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