camels
Hamed Ela and Lake Asale
A small village entirely depending on salt winning from the lake, and transport of the salt slabs.
Bati
Probably the biggest market in the country, after the Mercato in Addis Ababa, and certainly more colourful.
Somaliland: Het Land Dat Eigenlijk Geen Land Is
Het zelfverklaard onafhankelijke Somaliland is een verrassend interessante bestemming voor de wat avontuurlijker aangelegde reiziger. In de woestijn, tussen nomaden, bevinden zich pristine rots schilderingen in Las Geel en vergane koloniale glorie in het uitgestorven Berbera, contrasterend met de provinciale maar gezellige hoofdstad Hargeisa.
62. Hamed Ela
I cannot really call it a road, the stretch we are driving from Dodom to Hamed Ela, our next destination. First we bounce back across the lava surface again, then we follow, well, the occasional track, or just the gut feeling of our road runner: as part of our obligatory team of support, we have … Read more
53. Afar country
Afar country – including the Danakil Depression, or Danakil Desert, it goes by several names – has been described as a pretty lawless region. Banditry is rife. In the 1930s, when Wilfred Thesiger became the first Westerner to enter the Aussa Sultanate in the heart of the Afar area, the survival rate of Westerners (in … Read more
33. Hargeisa (2)
However depressive Hargeisa may look upon entry – and in fact, however depressive Hargeisa may look, full stop -, much is being compensated by the people here. Granted, our immediate comparison is Ethiopia, and you know by now that we have not been wholeheartedly impressed by the Ethiopians in general, but even without this, Somalilanders … Read more