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Ethiopia, home of coffee and the origin of the species

Ethiopia is a beautiful and fascinating country. A country which defies cliché. Yet the legacy of the vicious Marxist government, and the terrible droughts and famine of the 1980s, still frame people’s...

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Lake Tana, a walk to the Blue Nile Waterfalls

Bahir Dar isn’t an easy place to love. A sprawling, dusty, bustling commercial centre, it has grown rapidly and urbanisation hasn’t been especially kind. Despite this, it is one of Ethiopia’s major...

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The mysterious monasteries of Lake Tana

Lake Tana is a vast stretch of water, 84km long and 66km wide, at a breathless altitude of over 1800 metres, making it one of the highest bodies of water in Africa. While Lake Tana is famed as the...

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