Monastery boys

Monastery boys, originally uploaded by CharlesFred.

Here we were two years ago - 26th October 2005, in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar, having arrived up from Bahir Dar on Lake Tana in the morning. A bit of a sad drive it was, as we passed three funerals along the way, the dead being wrapped in a blanket and carried alongside the road.

Anyway, on a happier note, we came across these happy chappies outside the monastery just down from the hotel we were staying at.