My friends visiting us and Ethiopia

From October 8 till October 21 my 'intervision group' visited me and Ethiopa. It was great. The purpose was to have 'intervision' ( feed back on what we do towards sustainable agriculture) here an that succeeded quite well since we had the most in-depth discussions at the Agri-Hub office, in the bus on the way and in Debre Zeit, after visiting 3 different Dutch farms/ businesses  in Ethiopia, with very different approaches to their purpose of being here.

 

We started out together to Debre Markos ( Portugese bridge and monatery with special windows) and continued to Bahir Dar at the Tana Lake. 

Beautiful views along the way - the Blue Nile valley! 

 

a 3 day outing to Guassa - community eco tourism

As it was the feast of Meskel (september 26th) we went to Guassa, a 5 hours drive North West past Debre Berhan into the mountains. The meskel flowers were everywhere. They announce springtime here:  rich harvests, end of rainy season, good times! And that was obvious! 

we stayed 2 nights at Guassa lodge, self catering and it was terribly cold! 3000 meters above sea level! We saw the most beautiful endemic birds and the Simien wolves!