Hi all...
Cheryl and I ventured out of Addis on a trip to Lake Langano, about 3.5 hours south of Addis on a really excellent (yes...a truly excellent) 2 lane road. We went with Gabayehu....Cheryl's Amharic instructor... so he explained all of the neat stuff we saw along the way. He also had us
climb up an almost vertical embankment to a flat mesa that gave an awesome overlook of the
lake. I found out later that our embassy has a 17ft speed boat down there with ski's and everything that we could have used (had we known it at the time). Oh well.
This is one of the few lakes in the country where you can swim, since the mineral content is such that the waterborne diseases...common to Africa....can't survive. Unfortunately....neither can
fish, so this huge lake has no fish in it, but lots of beauty....and baboons...all around.
Enjoy....
Baboon (center of pix) at Lake Langano, Central Ethiopia
Cheryl and Garemachu (her Amharic instructor) at Lake Langano
Cabins rent for $40 per day
The desert at the top of the mesa
View of Lake Langano from the top of the mesa
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