I decided that while we were here in Ethiopia we ought to go do a little sight seeing. I didn't have much time to decide and we ended up traveling to Lake Ziway. It is the largest lake in Ethiopia’s Central Rift Valley and is home to thriving bird populations and hippos. We took a tour by Bird Island and saw lots of different birds and then headed to an island. We got out and walked up to a monastery that was said to possibly have kept the ark of the covenant at some point (it's debatable). We didn't get to go inside, it was closed since the priest had to go to the mainland?? I was bummed. They boys weren't all that interested anyway :) we headed back to the boat and off to find some hippos - we got lucky!
Overall it was a nice day - LONG drive but good. On the trip we passed through some smaller towns and even smaller villages, it was nice to see the country side and the people who lives there. Some were tilling the ground with help and others by hand. We saw many donkeys hauling jerry cans and horse taxis - hey were working very hard!
We saw many thatch roof/mud hut homes in the country side....
Gig'em
This was the monastery....unfortunately we didn't go inside.
our boat
Hippos! They were pretty shy but we were happy they showed their faces.
LONG drive....they did great.
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