First riding day after a really nice and needed rest. 160 km with lots of hills, so it was a tough enough day. Rae felt better refreshed than he'd been since the start, but it turned out to be the day for him to bonk and come into camp totally drained, stomach not at all good that night. Imodium to the rescue.
People are on the move constantly all along the road.
Cow dung is collected as fuel.
Sheep wander the road too... when and where they want.
These rather large geese feed in the fields.
Colourful bird on the roadside wires.
Left-overs from the 1980s-90s civil strife are not infrequent along the road. Whenever you stop to take pictures, kids materialize instantly out of nowhere.
Stop for a coke or a coffee and there is an instant audience that literally has to be pushed away. It's difficult for us to adjust to how little space they give you.
Infants are frequently carried by youngsters that are only a few years older, such is the heirarchy of family responsibility... and unfortunately a symptom of Ethiopia's over-population.
Sunset at camp near Bure.
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