Simien Mountain Profile

A gelada from the mountains of northern Ethiopia. This is a cheeky photograph of a gelada baby baboon feeding from mother – from her expression, he isn’t sucking gently. He is in profile, however.

Entrances and Doors: Biete Mariam

Ethiopian Cave Church Door This is a door of a small chapel, carved out of the rock in Lalibela in the Ethiopian Highlands. The door leads to the courtyard of Biete Mariam (Mary’s House), one of the eleven monolithic churches in the small town. It is said that King Lalibela wanted to create an Ethiopian…