The ancient royal city of Gondar (Gonder) was the last stop on our month-long overlanding tour of Ethiopia and it proved to be a suitably impressive place...
‘Red Terror’ Martyrs Memorial Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The 'Red Terror' Martyrs' Memorial Museum, Addis Ababa opened in 2010 and tells the story of the fall of Haile Selassie in 1974 and the horrors of life under...
A tale of two churches, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
On our second day with Yuhn of Liyu Tours, I wanted to visit the two main churches in Addis Ababa, Holy Trinity Cathedral and St. George Cathedral,...
Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa is recognised as one of the finest museums in Africa and no visit to Ethiopia is complete without going there. It is...
Entoto Mountain, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A trip out of the city and up to the summit of sacred Entoto Mountain, Addis Ababa (3200 metres) is well worth the effort, and not just for...
National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The National Museum, Addis Ababa, also referred to as the National Museum of Ethiopia (NME) or the Ethiopian National Museum, was founded in the late...
Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque region
We first visited Bilbao last year and returned yesterday for a brief stopover before catching our ferry back to the UK. Prior to that first visit, we had no plans, other than to visit...
Madurai – a little luxury before our Workaway project
For our three-night stay in Madurai, one of the oldest cities in India, we opted to pay a little more than usual for our accommodation. We had no idea what would face us at our next stop,...
Thanjavur, capital of the great Chola empire
We travelled to Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, by public bus from Pondicherry via Chidambaram. The first leg of the journey was very pleasant - a two-hour drive through rural India admiring the...
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu (and more family connections!)
A friend who visited Chennai (formerly Madras) a couple of years ago described it to me as a very 'liveable' city. Unfortunately, arriving there from the chaos of Bangalore, it didn't feel that...
