Bahir Dar and the MSR stove is back in Action

We have arrived in Bahir Dar in Ethiopia! We have put in some serious miles and loads of climbing to get here. Climbs on par with anything in the Alps just there is not a nice shop selling those little French beers at the top! The bodies are tired! Ethiopia has been really scenic so far but tough. Tough in terms of the terrain but also in terms of the stone throwing kids! They even stole my stove out of my pannier when cycling up a hill! I got it back the next day though using some cash to entice the thief to give it back. We will be in Bahir Dar for a few days while we wait for our new wheel rims to arrive. DHL promised today but it seems they are still in customs in Addis. African time. I'm very surprised our current rims made it this far. We have cycled over 1000km since Khartoum on cracked rims (well since we noticed they were cracked) and they have not collapsed on us just yet. Photos and proper blog to follow soon.