Room D2A nice large room, but the typical twin beds of many accommodations.Simien Lodge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#1061Larry L. Jackson
Debbie & LJaxThe lowest altitude for most of this visit.Simien Lodge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8527Larry L. Jackson
Dashen BeerAnother of the national beers.Simien Lodge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#1064Larry L. Jackson
ViewSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8529Larry L. Jackson
PanoramaAbove 11,000 feet.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#1059Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male of the 'bleeding heart baboons'.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0175Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - mostly eat grass all day.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8621Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male of the bachelor group of our first encounter.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8634Larry L. Jackson
Debbie & GeladaTheropithecus gelada - pretty much oblivious to our presence.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8644Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - our second group had male, female and juveniles.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0212Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female and juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0214Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male displaying.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0222Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0236Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0257Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8653Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juveniles.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8660Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0268Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0283Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - juveniles were very frisky.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0297Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8663Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8678Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - juvenile nursing.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8704Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - female & juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8718Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - alert male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0375Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0382Larry L. Jackson
Scouts & GuideFormality requires local scouts and a guide.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8728Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - afternoon grooming.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0402Larry L. Jackson
ViewSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8757Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - juvenile in late sunshine.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0442Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male & juvenile in afternoon light.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#0454Larry L. Jackson
SunsetBack to the lodge after a great day of viewing.Simien Lodge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 12, 20142014-12-12#8797Larry L. Jackson
Menelik's BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus meneliki - juvenile male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0465Larry L. Jackson
Abyssinian AloeAloe percrassaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8802Larry L. Jackson
Abyssinian RoseRosa abyssinicaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8807Larry L. Jackson
Globe ThistleEchinops longisetusSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8814Larry L. Jackson
Valley VillageWhen we stopped, children came running up the steep hillside to see us.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8855Larry L. Jackson
Globe ThistleSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8856Larry L. Jackson
ViewSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8859Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - females & juveniles.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0489Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - male, females & juveniles.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0492Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - nice male & a juvenile.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0505Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - juvenile and male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0514Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - male 7 his harem.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0526Larry L. Jackson
Walia IbexCapra walie - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0531Larry L. Jackson
ViewSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8868Larry L. Jackson
Ankober SerinCarduelis ankoberensisSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0550Larry L. Jackson
Unknown DaisySimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8886Larry L. Jackson
Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubrisSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0565Larry L. Jackson
Brown-rumped SeedeaterSerinus tristriatusSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0570Larry L. Jackson
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0584Larry L. Jackson
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0593Larry L. Jackson
Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostrisSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0610Larry L. Jackson
Thick-billed RavensCorvus crassirostris - attracted by our lunch.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0614Larry L. Jackson
LunchDebbie at our lunch stop on the cliff edge.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8888Larry L. Jackson
PanoramaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#1069Larry L. Jackson
ViewSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8893Larry L. Jackson
Giant Lobelias & Red Hot PokersKniphofia linearifolia & Lobelia rhynchopetalumSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8909Larry L. Jackson
Wild DaggaLeonotis ocymifoliaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0616Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - large group eating grass.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#8928Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male with a handful of grass.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0648Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - backlit male
.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0657Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - backlit male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0668Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - grooming.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0687Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - huge canines.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 13, 20142014-12-13#0693Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - a very large group.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8934Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - juvenile nursing.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0743Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - grooming and eating.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0749Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0764Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0770Larry L. Jackson
Truck RidersThe road is too rough and steep for buses.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8943Larry L. Jackson
RiderThe horse is tied so it can't run.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8950Larry L. Jackson
GeladaTheropithecus gelada - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0828Larry L. Jackson
ChildrenChecking out the tourists on their mountain.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8963Larry L. Jackson
Common St. John's WortHypericum perforatumSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8972Larry L. Jackson
Abyssinian RosesRosa abyssinicaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8974Larry L. Jackson
Globe ThistleEchinops specieSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8977Larry L. Jackson
Augur BuzzardButeo augurSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0841Larry L. Jackson
Common St. John's WortHypericum perforatum - small tree sized.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8980Larry L. Jackson
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0852Larry L. Jackson
UnknownSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8983Larry L. Jackson
Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicus - male.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0879Larry L. Jackson
White-einged Cliff ChatThamnolaea semirufa - male, moved off a power line in Photoshop.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0885Larry L. Jackson
RidersSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8988Larry L. Jackson
UnknownSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8989Larry L. Jackson
DonkeyDusting.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8990Larry L. Jackson
UnknownSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#8992Larry L. Jackson
Painted LadyVanessa carduiSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0891Larry L. Jackson
Alcea specieSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0905Larry L. Jackson
Unknown ButterflySimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0906Larry L. Jackson
Giant HeatherErica arboreaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0909Larry L. Jackson
UnknownSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0910Larry L. Jackson
UnknownSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0913Larry L. Jackson
Wild ScabioseScabiosa columbariaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0916Larry L. Jackson
Wild ScabioseScabiosa columbariaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0917Larry L. Jackson
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla somalicaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0927Larry L. Jackson
2014-12-14#0930 Iris, Simien Mtns NP, EthiopiaLarry L. Jackson
Giant Heather & Old Man's BeardErica arborea with Usnea longissimaSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0936Larry L. Jackson
RoadRoad winds along the top of the plateau.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0939Larry L. Jackson
ScoutNo idea why our scout needs the rifle.Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0940Larry L. Jackson
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugensSimien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 14, 20142014-12-14#0943Larry L. Jackson
Larry L. Jackson
San Angelo, TX
