Ethiopia (November-December
2013)
Korem to Tenta (3): From Camp 4
(Muja)
to Camp 6
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Soon
after leaving Muja, after a short up and a longer down, we reached the village
of Densa, where we were greeted by curious, but relatively
quiet kids.
Densa,
located along a river, was the start of a long ascent to a high plateau. These
people were going down to Densa.
There
were many people in the fields, like these two friendly women.
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Another
view during the ascent. Densa is located at the
bottom of the first valley, and Muja behind the intermediate ridge (barely
distinguishable in the photo). Wondach and its market
are located on the highest ridge in the background, slightly to the left of
this photo.
We
eventually reach the plateau at an elevation greater than 3000m. We were going
to stay on this flat plateau for 4 consecutive days.
We
spent the first night on the plateau (5th camp) near a small group
of stone huts at 3500m. Here we had our coldest night (probably around -5C) of
the entire trek. When we waked up in the morning there was a thick layer of ice
in the jerrycans. (At most camps there was no
immediate fresh water available. Someone had to go to a remote source and bring
back filled jerrycans. Local people often helped us
for a few birrs.)
In the morning we
shared breakfast (pancakes cooked by Gebrehiwet) with the friendly local people.
On
that day, we reached our second market. This market, located along the gravel
road from Weldiya to Gashena
(see map), was larger than the first and had more products brought by trucks.
The market is held every Thursday and the name of the village is ′′Thursday′′
in Amharic.
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Selling
salt from the Afar depression.
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More
farmers′ villages on the plateau (and their wooden tools).
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We
set our 6th camp near one of those villages.
Other
sections of the trek:
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