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Road leading from Chennek to Sankabar

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After centuries of erosion, the landscape of the Simien Mountains has developed into a truly spectacular, unique hikers paradise.
As we crossed a valley and walked higher along the edge of the escarpment, the clouds had reached the edge of the mountains, and started leaking over it. The last stretch to Chennek Camp was progressively foggy, and rain started to fall when we arrived. It never stopped until the next morning, and our tent proved less waterproof than promised: we were soaked and cold to the bones. At the edge of the escarpment we saw a group of the endemic gelada baboons, as well as one ibex, and a fantastic view over the landscape deep below us. Walking back to Sankabar made us warm again, and it offered some more of the scenery and tranquillity we had been looking for. The dark clouds above us gave the landscape an extra dimension, it was like we were walking on top of the world. Even though, it surprised us to see ... snow at the other side of the valley at Geech Camp. Back at Sankabar, we found out that the car we paid for was not there - while the trip to the Simiens had been extremely beautiful, the organization had proven to be exceptionally bad, several persons unreliable, and many of them dangerously and immorally committed to extracting as much money as possible from visitors. Nevertheless, after the bad taste melted away, the images of unique mountains and a great walk prevailed.
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