Bale Mountains Trekking Circuit - Day 2Feb 4, 2009
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Small settlement on the way to Keyrensa campsite. Sporadic settlements are found...
Views from today's trek.
Me amidst typical landscape for today's trek.
We broke camp and hit the road shortly before 9:30 in the morning. With scenic views, the morning portion of our trek went quickly. On 2 separate occasions, we spotted and subsequently tracked Ethiopian wolves as they went about their business in the distance. On the second viewing, I watched through my binoculars as an Ethiopian wolf stalked and caught a giant mole rat, purported to be the Ethiopian wolf's favorite meal. In the afternoon, we reached our campsite for the night at the Keyrensa Campsite. The evening passed similarly to the first evening of our trek. Once again, we had pasta for dinner, only on this evening we had angel pasta in lieu of spaghetti. And once again, we sat around the campfire to pass the early hours of the evening. All in all, another fulfilling day of trekking, Ethiopian style...
