Bahir Dar

We got up quite early this morning and got our things to the airport and flew to Bahir Dar. I remember looking out over the great expanse of the light brown lake, Lake Tana. We went to the Tana Hotel, right on Lake Tana. I could look out the window of our hotel room, through all the trees, and see the lake. It was beautiful sitting out back with a pleasant breeze and perfect temperature. There were big hornbills in the trees. Their bills looked so heavy it seemed they could hardly hold their heads up. But they were quite adept at swooping through the trees. There were some kind of parrots as well. The magnificent starlings were really magnificent by comparison with the starlings we have back home. There are lots of doves and pigeons around as well. Little birds seem quite at home. Doors were open from the dining room to the patio out back. Inside, someone had finished breakfast and the dishes were still there with some crumbs on them and the little birds went right in and picked up the crumbs.


A magnificent old fig tree just out in front of the hotel