Gondar to Debark

The start of the drive to the Simien Mountains, 3 hours to the north	A horse-drawn cart headed to Gondar	Wolleka, 6km north of Gondar	Felasha village was once home to some of the remaining Ethiopian jews
In the late 1980's most of the Felasha emigrated to Israel	Crafts market in the Felasha village	Felasha Village, near Gondar	Terraced fields along the road north of Gondar
Agricultural landscape north of Gondar	Agricultural landscape north of Gondar	The Ethiopian highlands are not a desert	Hill covered with farms
Viewpoint looking down on the lowlands to the west	View to the west	Viewpoint in the Ethiopian highlands	Rocky pinnacle north of Gondar
Ethiopian man with cattle	Viewpoint	The Landcruiser for the drive to the Simien Mountains and later to Axum	Rural Ethiopian post office
Farmer threshing grain with a team of 3 horses	Too bad the visibility wasn't a bit better	Ethiopian bus	Highlands Scenery
Prickly bush	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia
Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia	Amba Giyorgis, Ethiopia
Drying peri peri chiles in the sun	Bulls are also used to thresh grain	Rotel truck from Germany headed to Gondar	Open farmland, Ethiopian highlands
Small village on the side of the road	Another farmer threshing grain with livestock	Thatched Ethiopian rondavels	Threshing tef, the Ethiopian staple from which injera bread is made
Boy running up to the car with a sample of tef	Our driver showing us tef	The individual tef grains are tiny	Fields of grain, Ethiopian highlands
Highway 3, now a dirt road, passing through a village	Tree covered knoll with what looks like old fortifications	Gedebgie, a village between Gondar and Debark	Also spelled Godibedjei, Ethiopia
Landscape south of Dabat	Highway 3 passing entering Dabat, Ethiopia	Dabat, Ethiopia	Dabat, Ethiopia
Dabat, Ethiopia	Mosque of Dabat	Mosque of Dabat	Dabat, Ethiopia
Dabat, Ethiopia	Dabat, Ethiopia	Dabat, Ethiopia	Dabat, Ethiopia
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Dabat	Dabat, Ethiopia	East African looking tree, Ethiopian highlands	Along the road from Dabat to Debark
Prominent tree covered rocky peak	Old Ethiopian woman, near Dabat	Along the road from Dabat to Debark	One of the last villages before reaching Debark
I wonder if this area was all forested at one time....