Monthly Archives: August 2013

Timeless Lake Assal in Djibouti

After considering Djibouti as a new trip destination, mainly due to the purportedly great diving and the prospect of spotting whale sharks, I decided to google it and on the first result page three of the ten results were CIA, … Continue reading

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Harar Hyenas Don’t Chew Khat

The East Ethiopian city of Harar has been a civilizations and trade crossroads since centuries, where Africans, Arabs, and Indians still coexist peacefully. On 2006, UNESCO decided that its cultural heritage should be included in the World Heritage List. Nowadays, … Continue reading

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I Want to Be Mubarak Bin Basel

Following the camel-steps of Sir Wilfred Thesiger I ended up in Al-Ain’s fort Al Jahili, once a real defensive structure that housed the Sheikh Zayed Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, credited for the unification of today’s United Arab Emirates. The fort … Continue reading

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