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4 Hotel Pinna 2 C3

Lakeside Motel (see 9)

5 Lewi Piazza C2

6 Time Café D3

7 TM Pension D3

Eating

8 Abazir Supermarket D3

9 Dolce Vita A3

10 Hawassa Supermarket D3

11 Luwa Bar & Restaurant C3

Pinna Hotel (see 3)

Time Café (see 6)

Sights & Activities

LAKE

Lake Awasa
With its mountainous backdrop, Lake Awasa is a lovely sight. You could easily spend a
few pleasant hours strolling the lakeshore trail at the end of town, watching men fishing
from papyrus rafts, seeing the various shorebirds feeding in the reeds, and stopping for
fried tilapia and a coffee ceremony at one of the many rustic restaurants.
To gain a pelican's perspective of Awasa's shimmering waters, clamber into a boat (1hr
motorboat hire or 3hr rowboat hire Birr450) at the base of the main drag. The boatmen
will take you anywhere you request, but most people choose Tikur Wuha (Black Water)
to see the hippos.

Fish Market
(admission Birr20, mandatory guide per group Birr50; 7-10am) Lake Awasa's fisher-
men head out in their little wooden boats in the afternoon and return the next morning
laden with tilapia and catfish. The men are amazingly deft at gutting, scaling, skinning
and flicking the eyes out of their catches. Massive marabou storks do janitorial duty while
vervet monkeys beg around the nearby bar. Behind the fish market it's possible to hike up
to the views atop steep and stubby Tabour Hill .

MARKET