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Somaliland

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The self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland, a very poor but well-organised country with extremely friendly people, is quite different from the Somalia that often reaches the newspapers.
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35. Berbera

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There is really no pressing reason to go to Berbera, other than that there is nothing else to do in Somaliland (except visiting the Las Geel caves, on the way to Berbera). The country side on the 170 km drive from Hargeisa doesn’t change much, although by now there are less and less animals, only [...]
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34. Las Geel

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All this adventurous, hardship travel to Somaliland had one major objective: visiting the rock art galleries of Las Geel, some 50 km outside Hargeisa. I have seen many rock paintings, in India and in especially in Southern Africa (beats me why I never went to Lascaux in France, need to correct that one of these [...]
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28. Jijiga

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We are getting further and further east. Jijiga is the capital of the ethnic-Somali Ogaden region in Eastern Ethiopia. The town features prominently in a book written by Nega Mezlekia, who was born here, and spent his childhood here. Nega was born in 1958, same as me, and in many ways his childhood was not [...]
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  • The 10 Latest Entries to the Site

    • 13. Gonur Depe April 26, 2026
    • 12. Ancient Merv April 23, 2026
    • 11. Köw-Ata cave April 20, 2026
    • 10. Nokhur village April 20, 2026
    • 09. Balkanabat April 18, 2026
    • 08. the Yangykala canyon April 18, 2026
    • 07. Awaza April 9, 2026
    • 06. Turkmenbasy April 9, 2026
    • 05. Old Nisa April 6, 2026
    • Ashgabat National Museum of History April 6, 2026
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