Photos part 5: Simien National Park

Simien National Park is home to peaceful Gelada baboons. I was surprised at how close I could safely get to a mother suckling her child. Then again, whenever the baboons had a problem with me they would just move away.

The park is also home to ibex and foxes, among other wildlife, but the easiest thing to find is a view which reminded me at the time of the Grand Canyon. Except this one is greener.

The park is also the traditional home of people living in agrarian conditions. The people are friendly and quick to offer you their wares; I was only too happy to pay for a couple of photographs.

Day 3: Simien National Park (March 14)

On a side note, the photos which help tell the story will probably have to wait until I get home. I may have already mentioned the bandwidth issue. It takes long enough to upload them on a comparably super-fast connection in Toronto. Well, that extends the life of this blog a bit: after these written chronicles, you will probably get photo posts with explanations.

This day was slightly different than the others: instead of visiting a few things, I would spend most of my day doing one thing. After an early breakfast, a rugged looking vehicle pulled up near the hotel reception; I was about to go to Simien National Park.