012 Cycle Touring Ethiopia

(^14) Fiche – Gohatsion (Goha Tsion) – 76 km

The 76 kilometres to tiny Goha Tsiy was wonderfully colourful but
hilly and, thus, slow going. Soon, the famous Blue Nile Gorge came
into view where overnighting was at the rim of the gorge, which came
with a view of one of Ethiopia's most dramatic landscapes.
The Nile is considered the longest river in the world and consists
mainly of two tributaries, the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The White
Nile begins somewhere in Rwanda or Burundi (no one seems quite
sure of the exact location). The Blue Nile originates at Lake Tana in
Ethiopia. From Ethiopia, the Nile flows through Sudan where it meets
up with the White Nile and then flows into Egypt, eventually draining
into the Mediterranean.