Napier Trek - Getting started

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Thu 13 Nov
I went up to Piazza district of Addis with Mark and Michelle for breakfast, found a nice café doing croissants and wonderful fruit juices, then bought a few essentials and returned to the hotel. Within minutes Solomon arrived with Oliver another walking companion who had kindly brought out for me 15kg of trekking gear. I spent an hour or so unpacking and re-packing for the trek, then had an early lunch before setting off to the airport for the afternoon flight to Mekele.Great North Road, between Addis and Mekele

We were soon on the "Great North Road" albeit in a southerly direction and after a three to four hour drive, firstly on good road, then on rough dirt we reached our camp. We were introduced to our crew for the next two weeks including "China" our cook, complete with chef’s outfit. Supper was ready and soon we were establishing our overnight rituals of unrolling sleeping bags and crouching in the shadows.


Napier Trek - Getting started

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