Day 81 - The Historic Route Point of departure : Simien Mountains Point of arrival : Gondar Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Goha Hotel Km travelled today: 167km Cum: 15 390km (gravel 167km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Khartoum, Sudan Total number of photos taken: 81 (cum 3 693) A really early start this morning (06h00) so that we could get through to Gondar in time to pick up our DHL parcel (the reamer sent to us from Addis by Graham)...

Day 79 to 80- 17th to 18th January -Simien Mountains Point of departure : Axum Point of arrival : Simien Mountains Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Sankaber camp site, Simien Mountains N.Park Km travelled today: 293km Cum: 15 223km (gravel 267km cum 4 482km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Gondar Total number of photos taken: 63 (cum 3 612) Happy birthday Ethan Fischer! A 06h00 start to get us through to Debark and on to the Simien Mountains National ...

Day 77 to 78- 15th to 16th January - The Historic Route Point of departure : Lalibela Point of arrival : Axum Accommodation: Yeha Hotel Km travelled today: 401km Cum: 14 930km (gravel 386km cum 4 215km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Simien Mountains Total number of photos taken: 77 (cum 3 549) Our sightseeing plans for today were disrupted when John checked the car to discover that we had one totally flat tyre and one soft one.The totally flat one...

Day 76 - Historic Route Point of departure : Bahir Dar Point of arrival : Lalibela Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Roha Hotel Km travelled today: 305km Cum: 14 529 km (gravel155km cum 3 829km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Axum Total number of photos taken: 176 (cum 3 472) A few kilometres outside Bahir Dar, we crossed the bridge over the Blue Nile River, our last sight of the Nile until we get to Khartoum.We tried to stop and take a photograph but...

Day 74 to 75 - 12th to 13th January - Historic Route Point of departure : Addis Ababa Point of arrival : Bahir Dar Accommodation: rooftop tent @ Ghion Hotel, Bahir Dar Km travelled today: 560km Cum: 14 162km (gravel 0 km cum 3 614km) Countries so far: 7/16 Where to next? Lalibela Total number of photos taken: 107 (cum 3 296) A full day to get through to Bahir Dar so we planned for a reasonably early start and left "chez GOS" with Graham at about...