Lake Tana

The boat for our Lake Tana cruise	A new resort hotel being built on the shores of Lake Tana near Bahir Dar	The public ferry, Lake Tana	Mid-lake engine repairs
Napping on the slow boat	Our destination - Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana	Welcome to Ura Kidane Meret, Zege Peninsula	Zege Peninsula boat landing
Monkies playing around on reed boats, Zege Peninsula	Traditional papyrus reed boat - tankwa	Tankwa - reed boat, Lake Tana	Little Bee Eater, Lake Tana
Coffee beans, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana	Gate to the Monastery of Ura Kidane Meret	Thatched hut with textile souvenirs	Main church of the Ura Kidane Meret monastery
Roof, Ura Kidane Meret monastery	Main church of the Ura Kidane Meret monastery	Ura Kidane Meret monastery	Roof-top cross, Ura Kidane Meret monastery
Huts outside the monastery	Kite - probably interested in the pigeons	Speckled Pigeon	Ethiopian farmers at the monatery for Timkat
Shot of arak	Have another!	Keith and the Ethiopians toasting Timkat	Timkat at Ura Kidane Meret monastery
Arak with the farmers at the monastery	Arcade around the outside of the church	The main church of the Ura Kidane Meret monastery is filled with murals	Mounted figures like this are common in Ethiopian churches
Doors to the inner sanctuary with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel	One of the Archangels, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret
Madonna & Child, Ura Kidane Meret	The Crucifixion, Ura Kidane Meret	The Deposition, Ura Kidane Meret	St. Sebastian, Ura Kidane Meret, Ethiopia
Narratives of Christ and martyrs, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	St. George and the Dragon, very popular in Ethioipia	Narrative artwork, Ura Kidane Meret
Angels with swords, Ura Kidane Meret	Icon of Mary and Jesus, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret
Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	The entire church is covered with colorful paintings	One of the doors to the inner sanctuary	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret
Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Holy shit?
Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Another set of doors, Ura Kidane Meret	Door detail, Ura Kidane Meret	Group of men with guns, Ura Kidane Meret
Icon covered with a thin veil, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian religious art, Ura Kidane Meret	Ura Kidane Meret	Sketch, Ura Kidane Meret
Painted windows, Ura Kidane Meret	Painted windows, Ura Kidane Meret	Ethiopian bible	Ethiopian time starts at 6 am...very strange
Ura Kidane Meret - Monastery	Ura Kidane Meret - Monastery	The Zegie Museum is in an old "fireproof" house	Zegie Museum, just outside the monastery gate
Very old illustrated Ethiopian bible	Zegie Museum - monk's robes and hat	Zegie Museum - music demonstration	Zeige Museum - Storage containers
Zegie Museum - still for distilling arak	Pottery roof ornament, Zeige Museum	Coffee beans, Lake Tana, Ethiopia	Shore of Lake Tana, Zege Peninsula
Shore of Lake Tana	Boat dock serving Ura Kidane Meret Monastery	Lake Tana shoreline - Zege Peninsula	Island of Kebran Gabriel Monastery, Lake Tana
Great White Pelican, Lake Tana	Island of Kebran Gabriel Monastery, Lake Tana	Islands of Kebran Gabriel (right) and Entos Eyesu, Lake Tana	Old reed boats apparently discarded on the shores of Lake Tana
Cheering on the Timkat boat procession from the mainland	Procession of reed boats near the mouth of the Blue Nile	We were lucky...even the guide had never seen this	Tankwa, papyrus reed boat, Lake Tana
Larger boat with the priests and ark headed for Debre Maryam	Priests of Debre Maryam, Timkat festival	Man on the bow of the main boat	Drummer, Timkat procession on Lake Tana
Kayaking would be a great idea for Lake Tana	Traditional reed boat, Lake Tana	EthiopiaJan09 431.jpg	Boy padding a Tankwa (papyrus reed boat) Lake Tana
Traditional boat, Lake Tana	A larger reed boat with standing passengers	Looks like a wet way of getting around	Paddling on Lake Tana
The boat landing at Debre Maryam church	Priest with processional umbrella, Debre Maryam	Festively dressed Ethiopia Orthodox priest, Debre Maryam	The priest on the right is carrying the church's replica of the Ark of the Covenant
Ethiopian monk, Debre Maryam	Heading to the island church of Debre Maryam	Timkat procession, Debre Maryam	Ethiopian child dressed in white
Circling the church of Debre Maryam counterclockwise	Happy boy, Timkat at Debre Maryam	A church has stood here since the 14th Century, rebuilt in the 19th Century	Dancing and singing around the church for Timkat celebrations
Processional umbrellas, Timkat, Debre Maryam, Lake Tana	Timkat, Debre Maryam, Lake Tana	Female drummer in white, Debre Maryam	Tattooed woman, Debre Maryam
Women dancing at Debre Maryam, Timkat	Timkat, Debre Maryam	Priests continuing to circle the church, Debre Maryam, Lake Tana	Priest carrying the church's copy of the Ark of the Covenant on his head
Prayers and blessings, Debre Maryam, Lake Tana	Priest of Debre Maryam, Timkat	Girls at Debre Maryam's timkat celebration, Lake Tana	Young Ethiopian woman at Debre Maryam's timkat celebration, Lake Tana
More singing and dancing, Timkat at Debre Maryam	Turbaned man, Debre Maryam. Lake Tana	Ethiopian drummer, Timkat festival, Debre Maryam, Lake Tana	Sunset over LakeTana from Debre Maryam's island
Sunset, Lake Tana	Sunset, Lake Tana	Sunset with reeds, Lake Tana	Boy paddling a papyrus reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana
Boy paddling a papyrus reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana	Two boys with reed boats in front of a Lake Tana sunset	Two boys with reed boats in front of a Lake Tana sunset	Lake Tana sunset, Ethiopia
All that was missing was the Gin & Tonic	Boy paddling a reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana	Boy paddling a reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana	EthiopiaJan09 528.jpg
Boy paddling a reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana	Boy paddling a reed boat at sunset, Lake Tana	Boy standing on a reed boat, Lake Tana sunset	Boy standing on a reed boat, Lake Tana sunset
Ethiopian carrying a reed boat with a Fly Emirates shirt	Kayakers paddling at the mouth of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana	Paddlers at dusk, Lake Tana	Paddlers at dusk, Lake Tana
Red horizon after sunset, Lake Tana