Lake Tana to addis Adaba

I spent a couple of nights camping besides Lake Tana. This is the largest lake in Ethiopia 3673 squared km and the source of the Blue Nile. We took a boat out onto the lake to see the source of the Nile and amazing we also got to see a hippo! My very first hippo. Every one was so excited, we were like giddy school children. I also took a walk around the Blue Nile Falls. These used to be spectacular but recently alot of the water has been diverted into a hydro-electric dam. The waterfall was still beautiful and it made a lovely 2 hour walk. the biggest shock came when we returned to the campsite. There was thundering, then there was rain. In fact there was heavy rain all night. I couldn't believe it - I'm in Ethiopia and I.m getting wet. The next day we drove towards Addis Adaba and although the rain stopped it did not warm up. Spent all day sat in the back of the truck, sat inside a sleeping bag to keep warm. They do say Africa is a land of surprises!.
Had a couple of days in the capital Addis Adaba. Went to the national museum and saw the skeleton of Lucy - the oldest remains of human desent found anywhere. I was surprised at how small she was - about the same size as a modern chimpanzee. Leaving Addis we are going to be crossing the border into Kenya and then having 6 bush camps in a row. These are going to be particularly nasty. The roads are so bad that on one day we are only expecting to travel 20 km! We will be travelling until dark, setting up camp as late as possible and leaving whilst still dark so nobody knows we are there, this is to avoid any trouble with local bandits. After 6 days we should have made it to the Ugandan border so we can relax. We will be coming back into Kenya and doing the south of the country and the national parks around mid- December. This next week is going to be fun, fun , fun for me!