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Mikael Barka

TIME : 2016/2/16 17:53:39

Atop a small but panoramic hill and behind an ugly 1960s facade sits this better-than-average rock-hewn church. It has thick cruciform pillars, small carved ceiling domes, a few paintings so faded you wouldn’t even see them if the priest didn’t point them out, and a solitary carving of a foot. Be sure to pop into the nunnery next door. It’s 18km from Wukro and you’ll instinctively know which hill it is when you round the bend and see it. Reaching it involves a 10-minute climb. Buses and minibuses between Wukro and Atsbi pass by, but when they head back to Wukro, they’re usually full so you may have to wait a while; it could be quicker to continue to Atsbi and return from there.

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