| And There I Was Volume VIII: A Backpacking Adventure in Ethiopia Contributor(s): Koester, Dh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478710160 ISBN-13: 9781478710165 Publisher: Outskirts Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - Southeast - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7" W x 10" (1.10 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - East Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eight journey of nine in the And There I Was series-Ethiopia, cradle of all mankind-took place in 2004. Come along and recount the incredible history of a country older than time itself-a country of orphaned children steeped in Christianity. Trek the Simiens, a geological creation that surpasses even the imagination of God, where the lion-like baboon presides. Travel to an island monastery on Lake Tana where the Arc of the Covenant once resided and hold council with a priest who has spent his entire life studying the origins and meaning of Christianity-a man perhaps more knowledgeable than any other who serves as custodian of an underground vault of parchment texts predating Christ. Witness local women performing the world's most seductive dance, the Iskista, and see incredible churches hewn out of the earth's bedrock in Lalibela, the Jerusalem of Africa. Meet the children of Ethiopia and have them guide you by the hand to the headwaters of the Nile. Share sugar cane and song with the raincloud Dorze people and roam the shores and waters of Lake Chomo amongst the largest crocodiles in the world. Chew "qat," sample "tej" or honey wine, the nectar of the Gods and gorge on "injera" made from the national grain, "teff." |