We were both apprehensive because of the horror stories we had heard from all bikers going through Ethiopia – Kids throwing stones at you, people driving donkeys and cattle out in the road to hit you… After two weeks of…

Last days in Ethiopia
We left Lalibela early in the morning and reached Bahir Dar by 4pm. This is how we would have liked to introduce this part of the text, but alas, it all came differently. When we stopped on the dirt road…

Check-lists and Churches – from Addis to Lalibela
As always when we reach a capital, we have a long list of to-dos. Sorting out everything that needs to be sorted out for the next country on the list, doing maintenance on the bikes, catching up with the blog,…

A world of its own: Ethiopia
Moyale has the reputation of being a typical, charmless border town, and it kind of lives up to that. Nevertheless, we had decided early that we would stay here for the night after crossing the border, to prevent any fatigue-related…