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I've been on a boat on Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile. It's pretty cool how you can see, clear as day, a line across the water where it starts to flow.
by BucketsMcG 5y ago
I've been on a boat on Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile. It's pretty cool how you can see, clear as day, a line across the water where it starts to flow. From there it's downhill all the way to the sea.
Besides that, Lake Tana's a beautiful place. I spent an afternoon visiting peaceful island monasteries, where the monks cheerfully handed me 500-year-old goatskin Bibles to leaf through. Spectacularly beautiful things with Ge'ez calligraphy on one page, and elaborate illustrations opposite for people like me who had no hope of being able to read it.
Ethiopia's the most wonderful, misunderstood country.
- beebeepka 5y agoWhy is it misunderstood?
- hutzlibu 5y ago"Ethiopia's the most wonderful, misunderstood country." It is still in the middle of a civil war right now, so not the best time to visit.
- rayiner 5y agoMaybe it’s accurately understood. :-/
- AtlasBarfed 5y agohttps://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/11/the-war-nerd-the-tigray-ethiopia-war.html https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/11/the-war-nerd-the-tig... I like the war nerd's dispassionate perspective on things, but I'm not an expert so I don't know how "correct" this is.