Six Months in Addis: Blue Nile Falls

After a day of relaxation, we were ready to tackle some more public transportation and squeeze a bit more sightseeing in before our flight home. Our destination: the famous Blue Nile Falls or Tis Abay, 'Nile that Smokes'.

First we had to find the bus.

Photo Credit: Michelle Ferng

Then we fought with the ticket touts who were trying to charge us too much for the bus ticket (eventually we simply gave in). Next we waited -providing ample time for the habeshas waiting with us to take some not too stealth photos of the three ferengi girls. I supposed a Canadian, Lebanese and Taiwanese sitting on a local Ethiopian bus doesn't happen everyday. It also gave us plenty of time to make friends with the other ferengis who boarded the bus after us, warning them not to fall into the same ticket trap we did.

Photo Credit: Michelle Ferng

Thanks toYasmine's Arabic skills, the lovely Sudanese couple sitting behind us on the bus joined our little travelling group for the day.

Photo Credit: Michelle Ferng

The hike to the falls took us through some beautiful scenery and across a 17th century Portuguese bridge.

And thanks to the rainy season, there was plenty of water coming over the falls.

Unfortunately it also meant that is started to pour rain right before we arrived at our destination, making the suspension bridge a bit more precarious than usual.