We caught the ‘Skybus’ (a comfy first class bus) from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar, stopping only for lunch and to chase after some young village boys who smashed a large side window with a rock. One of the boys was caught, pleaded his innocence and then directed a local policeman and the bus driver to the house of the boy who had thrown the rock. After a few minutes, the father of the rock throwing boy was loaded onto the bus and taken to the police station. That was the end of that episode…
Bahir Dar looked to be a very nice town. We settled into our hotel and then took a walk along the paths of Lake Tanna. Being a Sunday, the town was packed and there seemed to be a small theme park in operation. We made our way to a lovely local garden setting and joined the many locals who were enjoying a quiet beer.
On Monday morning we took a boat trip (with five other tourists) to four Monasteries on Lake Tanna. It was great to see these eight hundred year old buildings in such remote parts of the lake. Some of the Monasteries were in better condition than others so we were able to enter two of them and take some pictures of the amazing paintings that cover the walls.
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