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AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

I was born in Addis Ababa — the diplomatic capital of Africa and home to the African Union — and I've always felt a personal connection to the continent. My goal is to travel across Africa and the Middle East, starting with Ethiopia and expanding across MEA over time.

AFRICA & MIDDLE EASTEUROASIANORTH AMERICASOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
  • The Adwa Victory Memorial in Addis Ababa, a low stone building with a bronze relief on its facade
    ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Toppled granite stelae lying in the grass at Axum, with carved obelisks still standing behind
    UNESCO World Heritage Site
    TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA
  • A round stone monastery church on Lake Tana, ringed by an arched colonnade under a corrugated roof
    AMHARA, ETHIOPIA
  • Sunset over Lake Tana at Bahir Dar, a lone tower silhouetted on the far shore
    AMHARA, ETHIOPIA
  • The crenellated stone walls and towers of the Fasil Ghebbi castle compound in Gondar
    UNESCO World Heritage Site
    AMHARA, ETHIOPIA
  • A rock-hewn church at Lalibela carved down into red stone, lichen spreading across its walls
    UNESCO World Heritage Site
    AMHARA, ETHIOPIA
  • The Blue Nile Falls at Tis Abay seen from the escarpment above, farmland stretching to the hills
    AMHARA, ETHIOPIA
  • A black and white scene of a family gathering seated in a yard, children playing on the grass beyond
    GURAGE, ETHIOPIA
  • A domed Ethiopian Orthodox cathedral with stained-glass arches and a metal cross on the roof
    TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA
  • The bronze Nelson Mandela statue between fountains at Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg
    SOUTH AFRICA
  • A Nelson Mandela cut-out sculpture and a large stone letter M outside his brick house in Soweto
    SOUTH AFRICA
  • The segregated entrance turnstiles at the Apartheid Museum, signed BLANKES / WHITES and NIE-BLANKES / NON-WHITES
    SOUTH AFRICA
  • A brightly painted metal playground frame with a slide and an oil-drum tunnel on a sunlit lot in Soweto
    SOUTH AFRICA

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ETHIOPIA
UNESCO SITEMOUNTAINS & HIKESWILDLIFE
ETHIOPIA
MOUNTAINS & HIKES
ETHIOPIA
WATERFALLS
ZIMBABWE
UNESCO SITEWATERFALLS
EGYPT
UNESCO SITECITIES & CULTURE
TANZANIA
MOUNTAINS & HIKESUNESCO SITE
TANZANIA
UNESCO SITEWILDLIFE
TANZANIA
ISLANDS & BEACHESFOOD & DININGUNESCO SITE
SENEGAL
UNESCO SITECITIES & CULTURE
MOROCCO
FOOD & DININGUNESCO SITECITIES & CULTURE
JORDAN
UNESCO SITECITIES & CULTURE