Nine - walking around Axum

Fallen obelisk, Axum
Originally uploaded by CharlesFred.

With Michael and Lance and our new friend Gotacho, he of the rrrrolling R's. We had no high expectations, but it turned out to be a lovely walk, taking in the obelisks, churches, monasteries, garden-like countryside blooming with aloe veras, views across the plain to old battlefields in the direction of Eritrea, past locals bringing their livestock to the wells and so on.

Axum