山から降りて、街に着いたのが夕方。3日ぶりのシャワーに喜んだのもつかの間、翌朝4時のバスに乗り込む。スーダンで取ったエチオピアの一ヶ月の観光ビザは取得してすぐに有効期間が消化され始めることに気づいたのは、山に登る前日。気づいたらあと一週間ほどしかこの国にいられない。延長するにも、出国するにも、とにかく首都に行かなければということで、急ぎ足でゴンダールを出発。登山の疲れをバスの中で癒すことになった。日本の援助で作られたという幹線道路をひたすら南へ、隣のヨメはひたすら夢の中へ、アディスアベバまで12時間のバス移動。
DAY 587 : ON THE WAY TO ADDIS ABABA
It was already evening when we came back in town from the mountains. Shortly after a nice shower, the first in three days, and within a while we were already in a 4AM long distance buss. The Ethiopian visa we took in Sudan was running out in a week, the expiration date counting back from the day of issue. We noticed a day before the first day of our trekking tour. Whether we extend it or leave Ethiopia, we had to leave Gondar and go to Addis Ababa, the capital city, and took rest on the buss ride which headed all the way south on the highway build with support by Japanese government, a twelve hours long transportation through which my wife slept.