Awra Amba Guesthouse

Northern Ethiopia


Awra Amba's simple guesthouse (earthen walls, sheet-metal doors and a bathroom out back) has about the cleanest shoestring lodging you’ll ever see. Be warned: many who come to stay feel so inspired they make plans never to leave…


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