Bahir Dar to Gondar

Leaving Bahir Dar crossing the Blue Nile Bridge with the war memorial on the left	Roadside village heading north from Bahir Dar	Shops set up in tin shacks along the road	The main road north from Bahir Dar, paved and in good shape
Haystacks	Shell of a Soviet-built armored personnel carrier, a relic of the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)	Large tree on a ridge	Another rural timkat festival
Another shell of a BTR-60 armored personnel carrier destroyed during the Ethiopian civil war	...and another destroyed armoued vehicle on the side of the road outside Woreta	Two styles of rural Ethiopian hut - round and rectangular	Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta
Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta	Soliana Cafe and Restaurant	Ethiopian walking along the road with a staff	Giant flock of birds lifting off from a field
Ethiopian BP station, Wereta	Pedestrians, Wereta	Wereta, Ethiopia	Junction at Wereta for the road east to Lalibela and Weldiya, 300 km away
Two rondavels in a green field north of Wereta	The road to Addis Zemen	The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen	The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen
Timkat procession filling the road out of Addis Zemen	Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder	Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder	Prominent landmark on the route from Bahir Dar to Gonder
A basalt pillar I'm told	Pillar near Addis Zemen	Pillar near Addis Zemen	Tiny timkat celebration blocking the road
Farmland in the highland NW of Addis Zemen	A second prominent stone pillar	Ethiopian license plate	Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar
Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar	Wrecked truck jacked up on the side of the road	Another small timkat celebration	Ethiopia highway 3 approaching Guzara Castle
Hillside ruins of Guzara Castle, just a short distance off the main highway	Guzara Castle, 5 km south of Emfraz, Ethiopia	Guzara Castle (1563-1597) World Heritage Site	Amharic stop sign, Ethiopia
Cattle, Ethiopia	The driver wasn't willing to tackle to rough road so we had to walk	It took about 20 minutes to reach the castle from the road	Luckily we were early so the guide-boys weren't out to harass us yet
The van probably could have done the road...	The ruins of Guzara Castle	The ruins of Guzara Castle	The ruins of Guzara Castle
Landscape around Guzara Castle	Wall to the royal compound, Guzara Castle	Partially restored main building	Guzara Castle's restoration received American funding
Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Wall of Guzara Castle
Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle
Interior, Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Guzara Castle	Interior doorway, Guzara Castle
Interior, Guzara Castle	Looking up a tower, Guzara Castle	Tower, Guzara Castle	Interior, Guzara Castle
Interior, Guzara Castle	Interior, Guzara Castle	Outer staircase, Guzara Castle	Keith, Guzara Castle
Interior, Guzara Castle	Me at the top of the outer staircase	Outer staircase, Guzara Castle	Panoramic view from Guzara Castle
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Ethiopia	Ethiopian stop sign	Infranze, Ethiopia	Nile Hotel, Infranze
USAID sponsored billboard, Ethiopia	Ethiopia highway 3 to Gondar	Primitive dwelling	View coming down the mountain
Rural village south of Gondar	Traffic blocking timkat celebration outside Maksegnit	Timkat in the middle of the road	The driver of thiis military vehicle obvoiusly wasn't wearing his seatbelt when he crashed
Odd domed structure south of Gondar	Another middle of the road celebration	...could be disconcerting if you didn't know what it was...	Interesting tree
Highway 3 approaching a hilltop church	Destroyed bridge, probably a victim of the civil war	Modern housing, Azezo, just south of Gondar	Azezo, Ethiopia
Azezo, Ethiopia	Azezo, Ethiopia	Zana Pension, Azezo	Rugged overland expedition vehicle from Austria
Entering Gondar, just over 3 hours after leaving Bahir Dar	Crossing the Blue Nile at Bahir Dar