![Leaving Bahir Dar crossing the Blue Nile Bridge with the war memorial on the left](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955564.tLoBMEsP.EthiopiaJan09583.jpg) Leaving Bahir Dar crossing the Blue Nile Bridge with the war memorial on the left |
![Roadside village heading north from Bahir Dar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955565.oFiCwZmb.EthiopiaJan09588.jpg) Roadside village heading north from Bahir Dar |
![Shops set up in tin shacks along the road](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955566.q7XlSlEb.EthiopiaJan09589.jpg) Shops set up in tin shacks along the road |
![The main road north from Bahir Dar, paved and in good shape](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955568.bbyItNa7.EthiopiaJan09591.jpg) The main road north from Bahir Dar, paved and in good shape |
![Haystacks](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955569.kJhXW1qj.EthiopiaJan09592.jpg) Haystacks |
![Shell of a Soviet-built armored personnel carrier, a relic of the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955570.QR1yskOv.EthiopiaJan09593.jpg) Shell of a Soviet-built armored personnel carrier, a relic of the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991) |
![Large tree on a ridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955571.tn1rrDQ7.EthiopiaJan09596.jpg) Large tree on a ridge |
![Another rural timkat festival](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955572.lpSjCT65.EthiopiaJan09597.jpg) Another rural timkat festival |
![Another shell of a BTR-60 armored personnel carrier destroyed during the Ethiopian civil war](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955573.PLzBN4XD.EthiopiaJan09599.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955574.hK0bHzBh.EthiopiaJan09600.jpg) ...and another destroyed armoued vehicle on the side of the road outside Woreta |
![Two styles of rural Ethiopian hut - round and rectangular](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955576.Yz5xb9J7.EthiopiaJan09601.jpg) Two styles of rural Ethiopian hut - round and rectangular |
![Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955578.OOpXJyOS.EthiopiaJan09602.jpg) Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta |
![Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955580.5shd9Ldp.EthiopiaJan09603.jpg) Roadside village between Bahir Dar and Woreta |
![Soliana Cafe and Restaurant](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955582.A3BfUN8f.EthiopiaJan09604.jpg) Soliana Cafe and Restaurant |
![Ethiopian walking along the road with a staff](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955584.T7HwOX2L.EthiopiaJan09607.jpg) Ethiopian walking along the road with a staff |
![Giant flock of birds lifting off from a field](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955586.hoB5Vem3.EthiopiaJan09608.jpg) Giant flock of birds lifting off from a field |
![Ethiopian BP station, Wereta](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955588.mJUdOLcP.EthiopiaJan09610.jpg) Ethiopian BP station, Wereta |
![Pedestrians, Wereta](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955590.RB9eN32P.EthiopiaJan09613.jpg) Pedestrians, Wereta |
![Wereta, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955592.oELTMaay.EthiopiaJan09614.jpg) Wereta, Ethiopia |
![Junction at Wereta for the road east to Lalibela and Weldiya, 300 km away](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955593.ZIxvgjAM.EthiopiaJan09616.jpg) Junction at Wereta for the road east to Lalibela and Weldiya, 300 km away |
![Two rondavels in a green field north of Wereta](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955595.WXWHHIiq.EthiopiaJan09617.jpg) Two rondavels in a green field north of Wereta |
![The road to Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955596.RsaW1fHC.EthiopiaJan09619.jpg) The road to Addis Zemen |
![The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955597.fr5ly9KX.EthiopiaJan09625.jpg) The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen |
![The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955598.B5vCBuOA.EthiopiaJan09626.jpg) The road to Gonder climbing northwest from Addis Zemen |
![Timkat procession filling the road out of Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955599.UYkO3AsF.EthiopiaJan09630.jpg) Timkat procession filling the road out of Addis Zemen |
![Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955600.W99ry3WE.EthiopiaJan09631.jpg) Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder |
![Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955601.rccPmU2I.EthiopiaJan09632.jpg) Timkat procession on the main road to Gonder |
![Prominent landmark on the route from Bahir Dar to Gonder](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955602.LTqffraz.EthiopiaJan09634.jpg) Prominent landmark on the route from Bahir Dar to Gonder |
![A basalt pillar I'm told](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955604.3v4Mcjo1.EthiopiaJan09636.jpg) A basalt pillar I'm told |
![Pillar near Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955605.RoeVpxst.EthiopiaJan09639.jpg) Pillar near Addis Zemen |
![Pillar near Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955607.9czOCjFF.EthiopiaJan09640.jpg) Pillar near Addis Zemen |
![Tiny timkat celebration blocking the road](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955609.OLsChfM6.EthiopiaJan09641.jpg) Tiny timkat celebration blocking the road |
![Farmland in the highland NW of Addis Zemen](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955611.CuKkovxF.EthiopiaJan09645.jpg) Farmland in the highland NW of Addis Zemen |
![A second prominent stone pillar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955613.ZL9Y2DtP.EthiopiaJan09648.jpg) A second prominent stone pillar |
![Ethiopian license plate](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955615.SPVWOfiD.EthiopiaJan09651.jpg) Ethiopian license plate |
![Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955619.mEkNjtZI.EthiopiaJan09655.jpg) Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar |
![Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955621.mXnJVnc7.EthiopiaJan09656.jpg) Ethiopia Highway 3 to Gondar |
![Wrecked truck jacked up on the side of the road](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955617.2X54IjyW.EthiopiaJan09654.jpg) Wrecked truck jacked up on the side of the road |
![Another small timkat celebration](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955624.Vw9KcLBZ.EthiopiaJan09658.jpg) Another small timkat celebration |
![Ethiopia highway 3 approaching Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955628.g8FDvj9c.EthiopiaJan09660.jpg) Ethiopia highway 3 approaching Guzara Castle |
![Hillside ruins of Guzara Castle, just a short distance off the main highway](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955626.gyDR6TQV.EthiopiaJan09659.jpg) Hillside ruins of Guzara Castle, just a short distance off the main highway |
![Guzara Castle, 5 km south of Emfraz, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955631.cVswU2qD.EthiopiaJan09662.jpg) Guzara Castle, 5 km south of Emfraz, Ethiopia |
![Guzara Castle (1563-1597) World Heritage Site](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955633.90cYGb5i.EthiopiaJan09664.jpg) Guzara Castle (1563-1597) World Heritage Site |
![Amharic stop sign, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955635.SNjCc5IY.EthiopiaJan09665.jpg) Amharic stop sign, Ethiopia |
![Cattle, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955637.Cntzxkqs.EthiopiaJan09666.jpg) Cattle, Ethiopia |
![The driver wasn't willing to tackle to rough road so we had to walk](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955638.iGmlE2Ym.EthiopiaJan09667.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955639.U2wQMYls.EthiopiaJan09668.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955640.8kp2VA7O.EthiopiaJan09669.jpg) Luckily we were early so the guide-boys weren't out to harass us yet |
![The van probably could have done the road...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955642.L0hLUEhH.EthiopiaJan09673.jpg) The van probably could have done the road... |
![The ruins of Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955641.RTX89uxm.EthiopiaJan09672.jpg) The ruins of Guzara Castle |
![The ruins of Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955643.lpEWHS78.EthiopiaJan09674.jpg) The ruins of Guzara Castle |
![The ruins of Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955644.4vh8tJwQ.EthiopiaJan09675.jpg) The ruins of Guzara Castle |
![Landscape around Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955883.CR3ccHn2.EthiopiaJan09677.jpg) Landscape around Guzara Castle |
![Wall to the royal compound, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955884.z734MN9g.EthiopiaJan09678.jpg) Wall to the royal compound, Guzara Castle |
![Partially restored main building](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955885.uFaP0HMM.EthiopiaJan09682.jpg) Partially restored main building |
![Guzara Castle's restoration received American funding](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955886.X83zzcZw.EthiopiaJan09683.jpg) Guzara Castle's restoration received American funding |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955887.5pofPnSQ.EthiopiaJan09684.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955888.rmlmHDrq.EthiopiaJan09685.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955889.F448l7Ch.EthiopiaJan09687.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Wall of Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955890.LCouz8v0.EthiopiaJan09688.jpg) Wall of Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955891.aaLazDSp.EthiopiaJan09690.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955892.78v0fBvP.EthiopiaJan09691.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955893.JcL9dvFl.EthiopiaJan09692.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955894.u5S1PPJa.EthiopiaJan09693.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955896.4fnUKR0X.EthiopiaJan09694.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955897.ampsEt3L.EthiopiaJan09695.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955898.XpGZ2RO6.EthiopiaJan09697.jpg) Guzara Castle |
![Interior doorway, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955899.HbcdgSK3.EthiopiaJan09699.jpg) Interior doorway, Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955900.sTf0Y5ab.EthiopiaJan09700.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Looking up a tower, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955901.IUhPDQra.EthiopiaJan09702.jpg) Looking up a tower, Guzara Castle |
![Tower, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955902.75Wch31t.EthiopiaJan09703.jpg) Tower, Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955903.PZ0s6FLf.EthiopiaJan09704.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955904.uIQztaYX.EthiopiaJan09705.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955905.XQXo838T.EthiopiaJan09706.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Outer staircase, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955906.Ze0qT5Pf.EthiopiaJan09707.jpg) Outer staircase, Guzara Castle |
![Keith, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955907.bdzxGLSy.EthiopiaJan09708.jpg) Keith, Guzara Castle |
![Interior, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955909.qGpC4aX3.EthiopiaJan09710.jpg) Interior, Guzara Castle |
![Me at the top of the outer staircase](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/109351073.9G3hPU51.IMG_2137.jpg) Me at the top of the outer staircase |
![Outer staircase, Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/109351076.z3GjT3pN.IMG_2138.jpg) Outer staircase, Guzara Castle |
![Panoramic view from Guzara Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/93/329493/2/108955990.rvTbsHpi.jpg) Panoramic view from Guzara Castle |
![Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955914.BvE950QZ.EthiopiaJan09715.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Ethiopia |
![Ethiopian stop sign](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955915.PgjKUfNQ.EthiopiaJan09717.jpg) Ethiopian stop sign |
![Infranze, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955916.YgZrOEeD.EthiopiaJan09720.jpg) Infranze, Ethiopia |
![Nile Hotel, Infranze](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955917.4BFX8PSB.EthiopiaJan09724.jpg) Nile Hotel, Infranze |
![USAID sponsored billboard, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955918.gXcvb6qX.EthiopiaJan09725.jpg) USAID sponsored billboard, Ethiopia |
![Ethiopia highway 3 to Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955919.jkiCdsIo.EthiopiaJan09727.jpg) Ethiopia highway 3 to Gondar |
![Primitive dwelling](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955920.EyfzNCRS.EthiopiaJan09729.jpg) Primitive dwelling |
![View coming down the mountain](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955922.kOF51pco.EthiopiaJan09732.jpg) View coming down the mountain |
![Rural village south of Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955923.rwtyKvxW.EthiopiaJan09733.jpg) Rural village south of Gondar |
![Traffic blocking timkat celebration outside Maksegnit](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955925.oPOl6HY6.EthiopiaJan09736.jpg) Traffic blocking timkat celebration outside Maksegnit |
![Timkat in the middle of the road](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955927.OwaRXCLg.EthiopiaJan09738.jpg) Timkat in the middle of the road |
![The driver of thiis military vehicle obvoiusly wasn't wearing his seatbelt when he crashed](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955929.26W5uXZc.EthiopiaJan09741.jpg) The driver of thiis military vehicle obvoiusly wasn't wearing his seatbelt when he crashed |
![Odd domed structure south of Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955931.PV86tSHI.EthiopiaJan09742.jpg) Odd domed structure south of Gondar |
![Another middle of the road celebration](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955934.D3w3B6iZ.EthiopiaJan09744.jpg) Another middle of the road celebration |
![...could be disconcerting if you didn't know what it was...](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955936.bVelz1g1.EthiopiaJan09745.jpg) ...could be disconcerting if you didn't know what it was... |
![Interesting tree](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955939.6typGPVA.EthiopiaJan09747.jpg) Interesting tree |
![Highway 3 approaching a hilltop church](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955940.O568o2Lf.EthiopiaJan09748.jpg) Highway 3 approaching a hilltop church |
![Destroyed bridge, probably a victim of the civil war](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955941.rdYvYJRD.EthiopiaJan09753.jpg) Destroyed bridge, probably a victim of the civil war |
![Modern housing, Azezo, just south of Gondar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955942.puKsNb6C.EthiopiaJan09755.jpg) Modern housing, Azezo, just south of Gondar |
![Azezo, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955943.Cb1njOXM.EthiopiaJan09758.jpg) Azezo, Ethiopia |
![Azezo, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955944.gU8m8goQ.EthiopiaJan09761.jpg) Azezo, Ethiopia |
![Azezo, Ethiopia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955946.19fPWsNT.EthiopiaJan09762.jpg) Azezo, Ethiopia |
![Zana Pension, Azezo](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955948.fKvPVDz8.EthiopiaJan09763.jpg) Zana Pension, Azezo |
![Rugged overland expedition vehicle from Austria](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955949.R9jAIhZC.EthiopiaJan09764.jpg) Rugged overland expedition vehicle from Austria |
![Entering Gondar, just over 3 hours after leaving Bahir Dar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/108955950.EqRpDhkO.EthiopiaJan09765.jpg) Entering Gondar, just over 3 hours after leaving Bahir Dar |
![Crossing the Blue Nile at Bahir Dar](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/109351071.o134nsbo.IMG_2108.jpg) Crossing the Blue Nile at Bahir Dar |