The highest Lodge in Africa
Gelado Baboons
Building supposedly housing Ark Of The Covenant
Axum stone houses
Beasts of burden
Watusi cattle
St Georges Church 2
St Georges Church
At the Monastery
Monastery on island
People on the road
Steep descents
with Thabo shaking hands with team Bulldog
with Thabo shaking hands with team lipstick
After trying to get some coffee at a restaurant on the edge of the Nile river
approaching Khartoum
While on moon
feeling like the first humans landing on moon
and organising our fold up chalets and bar counters
having a traditional toast to Kevin
Sand-heat and a change of architecture
on the way to Khartoum
Which means to find and eat much wanted grass
Before they all leave to complete their daily tasks
Andre desperately trying to plug 2 open water supplies whilst Rene runs out of towels to shield his body from the eyes of the local plumbing society
Mark using his sleep bag dress and some white horse and water liquids whilst waiting for team Lipstick’s negotiation skills to open the gates of the Simiens mountain park
Whilst his dear wife prepares the kids for the day to come
A male version of the Gelados monkeys sitting in the morning sun
Where we were shown a 700 year old bible with neat handwriting on goatskin Paper
Other ornaments of long gone times are kept with great pride in their own museum which they hope will be visited by many tourists and create extra income
The necessary infrastructure and planning is in progress
and Willy promised the chief monk to advertise this enclave as much as possible
The road to Lalibela up and down a few mountains and crossing a few rivers
and here is one of the churches chiselled into solid rock
The height of these churches is between 15 and 15 meters
Andre shows his great skills of fast tracking socks and shoes on off, on off; on off whilst the other team members have a good rest
Chinese road construction at its best
Hardly stopped for brunch and quickly surrounded by locals appearing from nowhere
and this shows a typical breakfast buffet with all necessary ingredients to keep the team lipstick in tip top condition
The tallest one measuring some 33m
and how it looks today
Lipstick moving through the mountains
Which seem to never end