Why Ethiopia?
The joy of traveling is that it can be enjoyed virtually
anywhere in the world. Indeed one of the best recommended countries for
all breathtaking scenery, rugged but majestic mountains, exotic flora,
fauna ( mainly endemic mammals, birds, plants) and pristine cultural diversity
maintained by perpetual history is undoubtedly Ethiopia.
Located in the northeastern Horn of Africa, equidistant
to the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, Ethiopia is the oldest nation
in Africa. Its bedrock belongs to the earth's first continent, a continent
known by geologists as Gondwanaland. Africa forms the largest intact remnant
of this.
Lucy, the oldest hominid, whose remains were found in
Ethiopia's part of the Great Rift Valley in the place called HADAR, lived
among her companions in this valley.
Being huge, Ethiopia represents an amusing natural, cultural
and historical diversity. Its favorable climatic conditions and landscape
make Ethiopia the home of bird life and mammals. After the rains, it is
decked with flowers and with more native plants than most countries in
Africa.
The country is endowed with peerless geological formations,
varying from 116 meters below sea level that is the radiant sulfuric inferno.
The Danakil Depression to the alpine peaks that rise to 4620 meters in
the rugged Semien Mountains only the phenomenal Great Rift Valley cuts
Ethiopia in two, forming a series of marvelous lakes, thriving with opulent
in all life forms. |
