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Travel tips
Early starts, long lunches, a guide who knows the priests by name, and travel companions who become friends. An honest look at a day on the road with a small group in northern Ethiopia.
History
Ethiopia’s royal capital for two centuries: a walled enclosure of stone castles, a bath that fills once a year, and a church ceiling covered in angels. How to spend a day in Gondar.
History
Eleven churches cut down into the living rock eight centuries ago, still used every day. How the site is laid out, how many days to give it, and how to see it with a priest rather than a crowd.
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