Recent Adventure Pictures

Here are few pics from the past week.

This cave church in Lalibela predates the rock-hewn churches by nearly 100 years - Yemrehanna Kristos (The skeletons are off the R side of the picture)

The entrance to one of the churches in Lalibela

One of the largest churches in Lalibela - Bet Medhane Alem (I think)

Bet Giyorgis - Lalibela's pride and joy. The picture is a bit misleading b/c it's actually 30m tall

The Debre Damo monastery resides on this mountaintop.

(Possibly) the oldest church in all of Africa, dating to ~6th century.

The view from on top of the mountain. The landscape was very similar to the canyon lands of the American southwest, just with more green.

Just climb to the doorway above the kid in yellow. (This picture cuts off the last few feet at the bottom)

I'm sure the "safety" rope on the L was up to industry standards. The leather didn't look too worn or twisted...

Victorious, post-descent smile.