Eritrea : Photos

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Mulu

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Mulu




young soccer players in Asmara

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young soccer players in Asmara




Do you think this is his real hair, or a wig?

from Ruth and Esubalew's wedding.




eritrea

drawing photoshop;)




Mother and son in southern Eritrea

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Mother and son in southern Eritrea




Desert bicycle

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




Border Country | Rogue State

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.




Economic Warfare

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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Bristol Pension, Asmara

The Bristol Pension in Asmara, Eritrea.




White-Cheeked Turaco

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White-Cheeked Turaco




yumyum

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yumyum




sparkling

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




first dance

with bridal party onlooking, as is tradition, i guess.
more here: dave8.com/archives/289





Russian handiwork





Another tank bites the dust




And the civil war rumbles on...

The road to Keren is littered with tanks




Coffee Ceremony 4

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Coffee Ceremony 4




Coffee Ceremony 3

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Coffee Ceremony 3




Coffee Ceremony 1

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Coffee Ceremony 1





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