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from Ruth and Esubalew's wedding.

drawing photoshop;)

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We liked the bicycle... just great for getting around on the desert sand.

This photo was taken during our drive down from Assab in Eritrea to Obock in Djibouti, in what seemed like the slowest Land Cruiser in Africa. The country is dry and rocky with some spectacular mountains rising from the plain. There are no roads and we followed a track through the desert.

Somehow, this area has been brought into the USA's War on Terror, as they have managed to manipulate a border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti.

The USA has always been anti-Eritrea and pro-Ethiopia, with its ally Djibouti (where they ahve a massive military base). Eritrea has been labelled a haven for Islamist terrorists (especially since offering refuse for various Somaliis from the Islamic Courts).

Anyway, there is nothing really here apart from sand and rock, yet soldiers were set in and people were killed in order to promote the idea of Eritrea as a rogue state.

Assab is the major port in southern Eritrea. It relied on trade from the Ethiopian heartland, but after Eritrea obtianed independence the Ethiopians moved all their trade away from Assab to Djobouti (and now Berbera in Somaliland). Assab is virtually a ghost town, with almost no economic activity, apart maybe from some smuggling from nearby Yemen.

Our friend Medhane had one of the busiest trades in town, being the owner of a tyre repair garage. It was he who found us a driver willing to take us over the border to Djibout, such border now probably being closed after the ' border dispute' (se next photo).

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The Bristol Pension in Asmara, Eritrea.

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a lot of sparklers. clearly stating on the packaging, FIRE RISK - DO NOT USE INDOORS. cutting the cake, African style.

with bridal party onlooking, as is tradition, i guess.
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Russian handiwork

Another tank bites the dust

The road to Keren is littered with tanks

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