Paul has checked in for the day. Day 3 of the third section now completed. The tour has been riding through rolling countryside and after passing Mount Guraghe has reached the northernmost tip of alkaline Lake Abaya. In central Ethiopia the Great Rift Valley splits the Ethiopian highlands into northern and southern halves, and the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes occupy the floor of the rift valley between the two highlands. Most of the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes do not have an outlet and as such form small pockets of water in the land which the local people have come to live off.
Apparently Lake Abaya is the longest rift valley lake in Ethiopia.
Around the rivers and lakes can be found the Ganjulle and Gujji tribes, who live primarily from the resources these lakes provide. Crocodile populations are high and the crocodile market at the mouth of the Kulfo River is an incredible sight to visit, as is the crocodile farm on the shores of Lake Abaya.
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