Ethiopia and the Omo Valley

We left Kenya and entered Ethiopia and headed towards the Omo Valley. The country is surprisingly green and as it is densely populated, a lot off the land is cultivated.

 Terraced fields along the road side.

 Grazing land.

 A traditional meal for four people with injure, a type of soar bread fermented and made from maize.

 We visited a market, this is the livestock section.

 The Omo Valley is home to more than a dozen distinct tribes, each with their own language, culture, beliefs, clothing and hair styles. We visited a Morsi village, whose women wear lip plates in their bottom lip but I didn't get any photos. But I did get this one of a Tsemay woman.

 The open market.

 Everything was colourful.

 This is an unmarried Hamer woman.

 We stayed the night in a Hmaer village. One of the huts.

 They brand their animals so everyone knows which animal belongs to which family.

 This is Starbucks Hamer style.

 The cup is half a pumpkin.

 Goats inside a compound. They are herded into a compound to protect them from predators.

 This is the entrance to Adadi Mariam rock hewn church. This is the only rock church outside Lalibela and the last one to be built by King Lakibela in the 11th century.

 Steps down to the church which is carved from the rock.

 Another set of stairs leading down.

 Inside the church, one of the walkways on the outside of the church.

 The first area for the congregation.

 Entrance to the inner sanctum where communion is taken.

 Another general view.

 And on our way into Addis Ababa, I caught this piece of history at a junction.