Ethiopia19 February 2026Bahir Dar: The Blue Nile Falls and Lake TanaTis Issat left me breathless โ the Blue Nile plunges down with such a roar that we ended up talking in gestures. ๐ฎ Then Lake Tana calmed us right back down with a boat ride and a 14th-century monastery.
Ethiopia19 February 2026Tis Issat: the smoking water of the Blue NileEthiopians call it Tis Issat โ โThe Smoking Water.โ And once you see it, you realize the name is no poetic exaggeration. ๐โโ๏ธ
Ethiopia18 February 2026Kedadit at 3,786 m: 360 Degrees of the Simien MountainsI climbed to 3,786 meters, and the mountain repaid me with a breathtaking 360-degree panorama. ๐โโ๏ธ
Ethiopia18 February 2026Gondar and the Castles That Refuse to FallIn Gondar, we dove headfirst into the UNESCO-listed castles โ and came out slightly awestruck. ๐ฎ
Ethiopia17 February 2026Ras Dashen: stopped 50 meters from the summitI climbed to the highest peak in Ethiopia... almost. I was stopped 50 meters short of the goal โ not by the weather, but by the army. ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฅพ
Ethiopia12 February 2026Dzhinba without water, but with plenty of atmosphereI went hoping for a waterfall view, but the water was on vacation. ๐โโ๏ธ And yet Dzhinba turned out to be one of those places that a photo simply can't capture.
Ethiopia11 February 2026Debark โ the gateway to the Simien MountainsA small town in northern Ethiopia that seems to exist for one single purpose: to send you onward, up into the Simien Mountains. ๐ป
Ethiopia10 February 2026Addis Ababa in a Day: Lucy, Entoto, and TrinityOne day in Ethiopia's capital, starting with the local markets and ending with a planning session for our upcoming mountain climb. ๐
