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		<title>Lalibela, Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the 100 or so archeological sites in the world, Lalibela ranks easily in the top 6 or 8 as most spectacular. Many of the 12th and 13th Century rock-hewn churches are monolithic, meaning that they are freed entirely out of a single surface of rock. The most impressive by far is Bete Giyorges, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aksum and the Lost Ark</title>
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		<title>The Castles of Gonder (Ethiopia, not LOTR)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a few days in Bahir Dar on Lake Tana I hopped a relatively short 3 hour mini bus to the early 17th Century Imperial City of Gonder. Gonder was founded as the first permanent Imperial Capitol by Emperor Fasilides in 1635, where it remained prosperous for over 200 years until it was moved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasty Ethiopian Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the local food between South Africa and Ethiopia I have found ]]></description>
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		<title>Bahir Dar and Lake Tana, Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After two nights in bustling and freezing cold Addis Ababa (60 degrees was the high with lots of rain) I hopped an over-priced, 10 hour mini bus for Bahir Dar (a grueling 10 hour trip) on Lake Tana, which is the (murky) source of the Blue Nile (one of two Nile arteries that later join). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Swahili Coast of Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After surviving the horrible Kenyan death-roads (likely the worst roads in the world) and 2 days of buses from Kigali, Rwanda through Kampala, Uganda, I ended up in shady Nairobi, Kenya (affectionately known as Nai-robbery by locals although thankfully I had no problems). After one full day and 2 nights there I hopped another long [...]]]></description>
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