Days 10-11 : LALIBELA (UNESCO World Heritage site)
Bete Medhane Alem (1 of 11 rock hewn churches)
Where the monks used to sleep...
Bete Maryam
Bete Debre Sina and...
...Golgotha (where only men are allowed)
Priest of Bete Maskal
Priest of Bete Danaghel
Priest of Bete Golgotha
Bete Gyorgis
...carved downwards into the rock !!!
SBM's favourite : Bete Gyorgis...breathtaking !
...not built from bottom to top !!!
Bete Abba Libanos
Basalt bell (still used today) at Bete Mercurios
Bete Gabriel & Bete Rufael (double church)
6am departure to visit a church which is...
...almost at the top of this mountain (3300m)
SBM's guide
The church (with protective roof)
Lalibela (as seen from the mountain top)
Selame & SBM
Happy (B4 having to descend the mountain)
Tamiru & SBM
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