Peace Corps Ethiopia III

October 4 - Thursday

Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile River and is the largest lake in Ethiopia. It is located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands . The lake is approximately 84 kilometers long and 66 kilometers wide, with a maximum depth of 15 meters, and an elevation of 1,840 meters.

Lake Tana is fed by the Lesser Abay, Reb and Gumara Rivers and its surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km² depending on the season and the rainfall. The lake level has been regulated since the construction of the control weir where the lake discharges into the Blue Nile, which regulates the flow to the Blue Nile Falls (Tis Abbai) and hydro-power station.

(Important note: All photographs, except where mentioned, are copyrighted as of October 8, 2012, by Darrel and Betty Hagberg. Please request permission to use and please credit them).

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September 22	Ethiopian Embassy Reception
September 23	Dulles Airport
September 24	Addis Ababa Airport Reception
September 24	Addis Ababa City Views
September 24	Hebir Restaurant Dinner Show - Addis Ababa
September 25	Addis Ababa City Views
September 25	Ethiopian President Welcome
September 25	Kotebe College for Teachers - Addis Ababa
September 25	US Embassy Reception
September 26	Ethnological Museum - Addis Ababa
September 26	Saint George Cathedral - Addis Ababa
September 26	Mercato Market Place - Addis Ababa
September 26	Meskel Celebrations - Addis Ababa
September 27	National Museum - Addis Ababa
September 27	Mount Entoto Overlook - Addis Ababa
September 27	Trinity Cathedral - Addis Ababa
September 27	Debre Berhan
September 28	Debre Berhan
September 28	Ankober
September 29	Lalibella and Market
September 29	Yemrehanna Kristos Church, Bilbilla
September 30	Churches of Lalibella
October 01	Stelae Field - Axum
October 01	Tombs of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel - Axum
October 01	The Enzana Stone - Axum
October 01	Queen of Sheba's Palace - Axum
October 01	Monastic Complex of Saint Mary of Zion - Axum
October 02	Mai Shum (Queen of Sheba's Swimming Pool - Axum
October 02	Fasilo Ghebbi (Royal Enclosure) - Gondar
October 02	Debre Birhan Selassie Church - Gondar
October 02	Wolieka (Falasha Village) - Gondar
October 03	Fasilidas's Pool - Gondar
October 03	Barhar Dar
October 04	Blue Nile Falls - Barhar Dar
October 04	Lake Tana - Barhar Dar
October 04	Church of Ura Kidane Mihret - Barhar Dar
October 05	Dire Dawa - Harar
October 06	Red Terror Museum - Addis Ababa
October 06	Babile - Harar - Dire Dawa
October 07	Dire Dawa
October 07	Farewell Dinner at Crown Hotel - Addis Ababa

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