Lalibela, the town of stone churches carved into massive bedrock hills awaited us. The ride there was through the most amazing jaw-drop Mountains. The road climbs from 1000m odd to over 4500m altitude.
It is difficult to comprehend the astronomical size of the countryside it plays havoc with your mind, vertigo sets in staring down into to the valley floor.
Taking in the galactic size panoramas are soul stirring stuff. Mountains flow over into more mountains in the background, ocean size wide dry rivers snake through the mountains as far as the eye can see.
The gargantuan effort from enduring revellers and their absolute believe in their faith hundreds of years ago to persist and dug out churches from solid rock is beyond comprehension. There is an eerie divine feeling when walking around the churches with revellers praying and meditating, it is a mysterious ghostly aura drifting in the air.
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Supercool to have a report from so far away. The slideshow is lekker.
Holy smoke, but you are so blessed to experience so much of Ethiopia. The good lord works in mysterious ways !!!!