Its my passion, its what i do, its what makes me happy. Its the biggest challenge i can get. I just want to be normal. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. The only way i can cope. Ive explored quite a bit of addis and i think its time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. I really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. Really get off the beaten track. Were going to the village, its roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. Its one of the fresh rift valley la kes. And apparently it has lots of birdlife and hippopotami. Hello. Whats your name . My name is arlo. My names tony, im from england. I can hear something. A tractor . A helicopter . A motorbike. Motorbike, yeah. The lakes in this direction . Yeah. The biggest problem for me is, ive got no direction, its just an open field. Theres nothing to follow. And the wind is giving me problems. Were trying to follow the sound of the cow and the wind is taking away from my hearing aids. This is one of the biggest problems for me when im travelling, is the wind. Because if i cant follow something on the ground, ive got to try to follow sounds. Like, traffic, or other noises. Ive got the cows tail here he goes. Managed to grab his tail, but it has decided to run off and drag me with it. So that was fun. There are some local kids around, giving fish to the marabou stork. Ive got some fish, now im feeding the birds. 0h one of the main reasons i come travelling is to get off the beaten track and get away from the tourist crowd, and this lake is idealfor me because its peaceful, away from tourists, just locals, very natural. Its perfect. From some of the research i had done about Haile Selassie and ethiopia and hearing about the rastafarian culture, its this idea that Haile Selassie had designated a bit of land, so that former african slaves, descendants, could come back to africa. That sounded interesting so i thought i would head to a town called shashamane, where its a very rastafarian culture. Lots of people out, this feels very lively, very rural, traditional. I like it. Hello, salaam the driver and i are now looking for my accommodation, a rastafarian run lodge. Alex, i am alex. Hello. Welcome come in. Wow, youre tall. Wow, youre small. Like a lot of western european tourists who think a rastafarian culture, lifestyle, i have my sort of stereotypical idea of dreadlocks and just laying about listening to reggae all day. Didnt realise it was probably not all like that. But i still had some. And when i got there, i met alex and his wife, and very quickly they changed that whole perception that i had. Welcome to our house, of ancient ethiopian people. Wow. I became a rasta man as a teenager, you know, when i saw bob, bob marley, in france, i was so amazed. You know . By his performance on stage. Sure. He touched me, and changed my life. Touched you inside, in the heart . Yeah. I discovered who i was, you know . He gave me a sense of dignity. What is a real rasta man . A real rasta man is a faithful servant of the almighty, jah. Someone who tries his best to live a righteous life. Jah is god, yeah . To love his next. His neighbour . To fulfil the will of god on earth. So its not about smoking ganja and listening to bob marley . I am not a smoker, to tell you the truth. Its not all rasta will smoke ganja. You have rasta who dont smoke. One of my biggest loves is music. Ive always loved music so i can connect with it. I dont need to see, i dont need to hear. I can connect with the rhythm. Music is beautiful because it crosses all boundaries. It doesnt matter what skin colour, what disability. It doesnt matter. I said, i play drums. He said, i play drums. He started playing and i started following. We just sat there, the two of us, drumming, jamming. No woman, no cry. Sharing energy and positive vibes and connecting. A really beautiful moment. That was awesome, amazing. Do you still feel excluded, at times . We have no rights. Were not ethiopian citizens. Were foreigners. But we decided to live permanently and forever in ethiopia. But we dont really get reconditioned after so many years. We just got, the other day, id card, to stay legally, you know, for five years. But with a lot of conditions. Its not so easy. To live as rasta people in ethiopia. So youre still considered as foreigners . Yeah. Were now in a local tricycle. You have a Favourite Football Team . I like liverpool. Mo salah. Mo salah yeah cool my mum is pretty special. Very special, amazing. Shes the most important person in my life. She supports my travels. She encourages me, she helps me with my maps, she helps me research. I can do most things on the internet with a speech software. But one thing i cannot do is book flights. The websites are impossible for all air companies. So she books flights for me. She is my rock that i stand on. She is the reason i can do this. Without her, id be nothing. Weve just landed in lalibela, one of the major tourist cities in the north of ethiopia. I knew that when i came to ethiopia, that one of the places that i had to visit was lalibela. The rock churches, what these mean to the people. I thought, ijust had to come here. When i landed in lalibela airport it was a bit confusing. Normally i have the assistance, to take me through the airport. But a guy who works there took me through the airport and outside, and handed me onto another guy. At first i thought he was my couch surfer. I started walking with him, he wasnt saying much. I started to get a little bit concerned. Youre the couch surfer, yeah . And i started asking questions, like, are you my couch surfer . He took me to the bus and he said, get on. Give me luggage. Yeah, thats fine. I was going to ask the bus driver to call the number i had. And then abedi showed up. 0k, welcome, tony. Nice to see you, yes. It all got sort of cleared up. So it was a bit concerning. Almost kidnapped, but not quite. Would have been a better story if i had been. Now were almost near lalibela. Just minutes to arrive at my home. Its all rocky, really rocky. Stony. I like this, this is great. Really steep. Quite difficult to walk along. I thought, wow, where are we going . If this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. Ok, this is my house. The place im staying tonight, for me, its perfect. Its as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. Its real africa, for me. And it wakes up all my senses. Ok, this is the toilet . Yes. Bit of a walk, if you get caught short. Its nothing new for me. Just a bit more difficult with the steps. Ive just got to be a bit slower and take my time. If i get stuck ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. Its not a problem to me. I can smell it i love it. Part of the adventure. Im skyping my girlfriend. Its ringing. Hi, happy birthday happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday darling beautiful lovely. Happy birthday to you. I miss you. All right, be good. Bye. If i want to visit places that are quite tricky i try and find a guide, a personal guide, to show me around. Hello. My names zamed. Hi, zamed. Yeah, im a local guide in lalibela. 0k. Yeah, todays plan is we will explore the churches for you. 0k, thank you. Ii churches. The churches divided into three groups. The first group churches, there are six church. Yep. And the second group churches, there are four church. 0k. And the third group church there are only one churches. When were they made . What year . Sorry . How old are they . 1,000 years old. 0k. More than, yeah. The church is in front of me . Chanting in background. Its pretty rough, big steps. The guide was probably not guided a blind person before, so they didnt really tell me anything about the steps or the terrain, started telling me information when i sort of started asking her. I dont think she could really understand me, and i couldnt understand her at all. This church is one of the biggest in ethiopia. The biggest . The biggest. Outside, inside, total 72 pillars. Sorry . 72 pillars. Seven pillars . Yeah, 72. Yep. Outside, 3a, inside 38, total is 72 pillars. Is it this way . Yes. What does it look like . Just one doors, the main gate, a little bit of windows to get in light on the priestess. And do the windows have glass . No glass. Theyre open . Rock. Just rock windows. Yeah, yeah, rock windows. So now where are we heading . Around there we get inside. Is this the entrance, yeah . Yeah. So we went in the first church and walked around it and could hear chanting. Chanting. I tried to explain, but it was very difficult to understand her. This all origanlly rocks. Sorry . This originally pillars. Right. Not collapsed. Soa column . Yeah, this very cold. 0k. Wheres your arm . This way. Tony sighs. Very frustrated, a bit upset. Unsure how to handle it, how to extricate myself from the guide without being rude and also getting another guide to continue, i probably cant do this by myself. I could probably have a go and try and follow tourists, but the terrains pretty, pretty rough. I just want to be normal. She is a nice person but, ah rrgh im not very good at expressing my emotions. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. Its the only way i can cope. I am guiding you now. 0k. 0k . I will be on your left because the wall is on your right. And then, one step, tiny step, and then keep forward and then a big one. Yes. Well done. Another one, that is good. You can feel it either side if you stretch your hands. All right we got a different guide organised so gently got out of the situation without offending. I felt more confident with him, ifelt more secure, i got the information i wanted. It was all explained in great detail, he was very personable with me, he gave me what i needed. This is a moment for you to take a picture, tony. Yep. Down there is bete giyorgis, it is a shape of a cross. Yep. It is made of one rock, completely detached from the surrounding rock. Its one monolith . Yes, one monolith. Inside there is a tunnel to get to the church. So its like a fortress, isnt it . Exactly. A few steps forward, we are literally in the centre of the church. So were at the transept . Yeah, exactly. The pillars are part of the structure, so it is supporting itself. Right, yep. But the space is very peaceful and very calming. Echo. Yeah, a lot of echo because of the shape, obviously. Yeah. Chanting. A big step, like a big slope. Yeah. A few more steps and well get there and we shall see the beautiful ceremony. Yep, ok. Ready . 0k. Lets go. So this morning in lalibela i went to this Amazing Service up at one of the rock churches. It was almost like being transported back in time. Keep coming. Always hundreds of thousands of people around me, its quite calming, ifeel quite emotional. I didnt expect to feel that. The energy here is. Quite overwhelming. The last thing we sort of did was light a candle, thats when it hit me, really. A very spiritual setting just sort of got to me and i let me emotions go. I thought about the people i love and the people ive lost recently. I love you, brother. Just said goodbye to some people. Not leaving them behind, ijust sending them on their way, releasing all the pent up grief, i guess. That was good. Good, im glad. I had to give the impression that i was ok and it was good and, you know, i couldnt get my mum worried. Showed its ok to let it go, ok to show weakness. Its been an awesome week, an emotional week, i visited some amazing places. So ow become a better person. I think we made a heck of a documentary, in it. I think it will show people that a disabled person, a blind deaf person can do incredible things. And so can other people. And hopefully it will make them realise they dont have to let anything stop them from living their dreams. Hello. If you like this are cool, showery weather, i get it is good news for you, it looks like it is going to continue for quite some time. Tomorrow might be a little on the chilly side around some southern and western coasts, the breeze is going to pick up coming off the atlantic. The low pressure is very much with us today, you can see the cloud circling around the low pressure, weather fronts, cloud circling around the low pressure, weatherfronts, too, and this pattern has been stuck across the uk for this pattern has been stuck across the ukfora this pattern has been stuck across the uk for a long time now, and for as long as this low pressure is here, the weather is not going to change. It is cool across North Western parts of europe, central and southern areas, even scandinavia at the moment in the midst of a relentless heatwave. Through today, this is where the showers are around lunchtime, southern parts of the uk, into the midlands, the north west of england, a few showers in scotland, too, it has been raining so far today across the east of Northern Ireland but the anticipation has been that later in the day it is going to be much brighter. And temperatures will probably get up to about 19 degrees at best. The showers will continue their journey eastwards through at best. The showers will continue theirjourney eastwards through the course of this evening. And then later on, many of us actually having some clear skies during the evening. Temperatures first thing on sunday will hover from about 8 degrees in belfast to maybe 12 degrees in the very far south of the uk. So, sunday, the low pressure is still with us so it is basically like a broken record. The weatherfronts keep marching in our direction which just means a showery day for a lot of us. Here is the breeze, a south westerly breeze around western and southern coasts. Frequent cloud and southern coasts. Frequent cloud and showers moving through, plenty of them across scotland, Northern Ireland. Temperatures might get up to 20 degrees but i suspect in the breeze it is going to feel a little bit cooler than that. A little change into monday, again, lots of showers around but in different places. The thinking is probably more frequent showers in western scotla nd more frequent showers in western scotland and also Northern Ireland, with fewer showers in wales and england and perhaps a bit warmer. The good news is, if you want something a little bit warmer, it will be turning a bit warmer during the course of the week, but after that it looks as though things will cool off once again. That is it from me. This is bbc news. The headlines at 11. Hong kongs leadership backs down indefinitely the foreign secretary criticises Jeremy Corbyn for questioning whether the government has credible evidence that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. A major review of hospital food after the deaths of five patients from listeria is announced in england. Lincolnshire flooding people forced to leave their homes are still waiting to learn when they can return, after two months rain fell in two days. 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