With the castles of Gondar behind us, we made the 3-hour journey down to our next destination of Bahir Dar, passing beautiful scenery with fields of bright-yellow daisies. We stopped en route to visit…

Northern living, southern craving… Shrimp and grits for breakfast is our US equivalent of the flavorful chicken soup that fuels mornings all over Southeast Asia, and I need all the warmth I can get…

After the highs of the Simien Mountains, we came down slightly in altitude to the ‘comfortable’ 2,300 m elevation of Gondar. Arriving in the town’s center, lined with simple buildings from the Italian era,…

Leaving Aksum behind us to continue the historical Northern circuit of Ethiopia, it wasn’t long before the road ahead started climbing. What awaited us around the next bend was only the beginning of one…

My resolutions will never include eating fewer desserts, that’s one thing you can be sure of. Instead, to celebrate this new decade I decided to treat myself by baking my first ever baklava. I’ve…