Bahar Dar

Between Aksum and Addis Abeba is Bahar Dar. A small city at a wonderful lake which gives it a rich vegetation. It's completely different to the dry north and it has kind of a beach atmosphere, also fersh as still on 1800m. The highlights of the lake are the monastries which are spread over many islands as well as the fact that the water of this lakes forms the source of the blue Nile. Another highlight is a night at a local bar... . We went to this bar with only locals (and us) where a men was singing improvised songs (that's the tradition, they sing about everything) and men and woman were dancing the local dance - best described as "shoulder shaking". Guess the locals had good fun that night as the singer kept on singing about us. Unfortunately we coulnd't understand anything as it was in Amharic but the laughter of the others showed that it must have been funny...

Bahar Dar, Ethiopia