Ethiopia (March
2013)
Day 1 of trek: From Botola (2500m) to Wahoro (3300m)
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We
spent the night prior to the trek in Dodola, a dusty
unattractive town built along the road connecting Shashemene
to Robe.
Alene
eating a hefty breakfast in Dodola. This dish, which
mixes scrambled eggs, avocado, lentils, and onions, is strangely called a ′special
foul′.
At the start of the
trek in Botola, 10km south of Dodola.
This first day was
mostly an ascent day. We successively traversed wood land, a treeless plateau,
and finally, near Wahoro, a denser forest.
People and scenery
encountered during the first part of the day.
View over the plain
on the northern side of the Bale Mountains. Dodola
lies just below in this plain.
As we gained
elevation, we reached a plateau covered by everlasting flowers (called Helichrysum Splendidum).
Closer to Wahoro the wind-protected terrain became forested again...
...with numerous
Colobus monkeys.
Beehive in a tree
near Wahoro.
Girl in Wahoro.
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Boy collecting baby stinging nettle
leaves. The vitamin-rich leaves are then boiled to produce a dip for local
bread.
View from Wahoro toward the east. On Day 2 of the trek we will first
head south (right on this picture), then east. We will pass on the right side
of the small peak visible in this photo. This peak is the first of a sequence
of three called the ′three brothers′.
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