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The view back to Mt Cook/Aoraki across Lake Pukaki. . . .

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Another dawn on the St Clair Beach, Dunedin.

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A farmer in southern Ethiopia ploughs his cornfield. Methods had changed little in centuries.

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The kitchen of one of the restaurants we stopped at for lunch in Ethiopia. They were somewhat taken aback when we asked to photograph here. Clearly not something they're used to. . We ordered chicken tibs, the latter word applied to any meat cooked in this way. The chicken pieces are dredged in a mix of teff flour and Berbere spices. The Berbere is some combination of chili, garlic, ginger, basil, korarima, rue, ajwain or radhuni, nigella, and fenugreek depending on what is available. It always contains lots of chilli. . This young man is dropping the tibs into raging hot oil. I had expected them to come out fairly quickly as they would surely have been cooked in seconds. But no. The small chicken pieces stayed in the smoking hot oil for about ten minutes. . I wondered if the cook was leaving the chicken in the oil for my benefit, so that I could take more photos. I was really starting to worry that the chicken would dry so much that they would clatter onto my plate like cinnamon sticks. So I deliberately walked away to find other subjects to photograph. . After about five minutes I walked back into the kitchen finding my lunch still in the cauldron. . "Oh well," I thought "I have some nice photos, even if I have inadvertently spoiled my lunch." . So, I was very surprised by how delicious it turned out to be. The flour/spice rub was crispy and the chicken was moist, tender and full of flavour. Go figure!

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Unleavened Injera accompanied every meal we had in Ethiopia. It is used as a plate, scoop, rollup and to mop the last of the meal. It is made daily from ground Teff, a tiny seed. . . . #365 #365experientialdays #a7iii #beautifuldestinations #beautifulplaces #bestplacestogo #earthpix #experientialphotography #experientialtravel #huffpostgram #letsgosomewhere #lifeofadventure #liveauthentic #liveoutdoors #natgeotravelpic #neverstopexploring #ourplanetdaily #peoplescreatives #travelawesome #travelstoke #welltravelled #whateveryouradventure #ethiopia #traditionalfood #injera #teff https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTyrVtBPyF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lon58higzfr9

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An Orthodox Priest outside the Church of St George in Lalibela, Ethiopia. . Unlike many African countries, Ethiopia has never been colonised by Europeans and had a monarchy that spanned centuries. The country is home to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, established in the first century AD. . Early in the reign of King Lalibela, while the world still lamented the loss of Jerusalem to the Muslims in 1187, the King described a vision he had had of a new Jerusalem created in Ethiopia. Central to that vision was the construction of eleven churches that would be carved from the living bedrock, rather than built up on foundations in the traditional style. . 40,000 people laboured for 25 years to carve these churches. . . . . #365 #365experientialdays #a7iii #beautifuldestinations #beautifulplaces #bestplacestogo #earthpix #experientialphotography #experientialtravel #huffpostgram #letsgosomewhere #lifeofadventure #liveauthentic #liveoutdoors #natgeotravelpic #neverstopexploring #ourplanetdaily #peoplescreatives #travelawesome #travelstoke #welltravelled #whateveryouradventure #ethiopia #lalibela #rockhewnchurch https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCFsm5BF3R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12bte7erblwy

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An Orthodox Priest inside the Church of St George in Lalibela, Ethiopia. . Unlike many African countries, Ethiopia has never been colonised by Europeans and had a monarchy that spanned centuries. The country is home to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, established in the first century AD. . Early in the reign of King Lalibela, while the world still lamented the loss of Jerusalem to the Muslims in 1187, the King described a vision he had had of a new Jerusalem created in Ethiopia. Central to that vision was the construction of eleven churches that would be carved from the living bedrock, rather than built up on foundations in the traditional style. . 40,000 people laboured for 25 years to carve these churches. . . . . #365 #365experientialdays #a7iii #beautifuldestinations #beautifulplaces #bestplacestogo #earthpix #experientialphotography #experientialtravel #huffpostgram #letsgosomewhere #lifeofadventure #liveauthentic #liveoutdoors #natgeotravelpic #neverstopexploring #ourplanetdaily #peoplescreatives #travelawesome #travelstoke #welltravelled #whateveryouradventure #ethiopia #lalibela #rockhewnchurch https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCDlvTBL4j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nwrjnqrpd2t

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From the ancient fortifications on La Rocca (The Rock) above Cefalu, you can look down the steep cliffs to the Marina and village below. #365experientialdays #experientialtravel #experientialphotography #365 #whateveryouradventure #travelawesome #peoplescreatives #natgeotravelpic #welltravelled #beautifuldestinations #lifeofadventure #travelstoke #letsgosomewhere #a7iii #sonya7iii #sonyalpha #liveoutdoors #neverstopexploring #liveauthentic #travelawesome #beautifulplaces #huffpostgram #ourplanetdaily #bestplacestogo #welltravelled #beautifuldestinations #earthpix #lifeofadventure #cefalu #sicily https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJQXKzhSPo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qrluf617et06