Djibouti Map

 

 

       Map of the Horn of Africa

latest picture: November 27, 2015

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001  Beach at the “Djibouti Palace

Kempinski Hotel”. It is the only real

beach in Djibouti City

002  The Hamoudi Mosque, built in

1906, is a landmark in the

“African Quarter” of Djibouti City

003  It is Friday, the Muslim “Sunday”:

The streets at the “African Quarter”

of Djibouti City are deserted

004  Next to the Nouriye Mosque at

Rue de Geneve in Djibouti City there

is an attractive house facade

005  Looking at the painting of the house

facade, it can only be a dress shop!

006  A price list of qat (Catha edulis)

– the leaves that stimulate.

They are sold in bunches

007  A salt plain dotted with palm

trees nestles at the foot of the bleak

Yaguer mountain range (4’587ft) [1’398m]

008  Afar people are nomads and

predominantly Muslim and live not only

in Ethiopia but also in Djibouti

009  On the way to Lac Assal: Some

call it “Mini Grand Canyon” – a bit

exaggerated, but still impressive. An

industrial salt production plant including

complete mining infrastructures (roads,

port of loading, etc.) is currently built

010  The ride along the Bay of

“Le Goubet” reveals enchanting views:

Here towards the future loading port

of the salt from Lac Assal

011  Embedded into black volcanic

rock are the makeshift dwellings

and the little mosque of Koussour

012  Our LandCruiser with the

beautiful backdrop of the Assal Saltlake.

It lies at 509ft. [155m] below sea level

and marks the lowest point in Africa

013  The volcanic islands “Îles du Diable”

rise from the turquoise waters of the “Le

Goubet” Bay – right the island of “Ginni

Kôma”, left “Ounda Ginni Kôma”

014  Our LandCruiser jolts on the

volcanic rock piste to one of the tourist

camps (campement touristique) at the

bay of “Le Goubet” …..

015  ….. the simple accommodation

is erected in the style of

huts of the Afar tribe

016  A stately acacia (Acacieae)

developed wonderfully between the

black volcanic rock along the RN9 to

Tadjoura between the Ardoukôba

volcano and “Le Goubet”

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019  The sleepy village street of Tadjoura

runs picturesquely along the seashore

and has a distinctive Arabian character

020  “Sorry, there is space for

only one of us on the windowsill!”

021  Our LandCruiser discovers

Tadjoura with its narrow alleys and

white-washed houses

022  The sleepy fishing village of

Tadjoura with the bright blue sea right at its

doorstep – view from the road to Obock

023  Impressive cumulus clouds tower

over Djibouti’s mountain desert –

forerunners of the thunderstorm

in the afternoon

024  Beach and Hotel “Les Sables Blancs“

4½ miles [7km] east of Tadjoura: A golden

strip of sand with round beach bungalows

at a quiet bay

025  Violent flash floods from the Goda

Mountains made the Dariyyou River to

rise so much that the road to Djibouti City

got interrupted at three places .....

026  .…. no way to cross today!

May be tomorrow?

027  The arid landscape of Tadjoura

reminds us to Oman on the Arabian Gulf

028  We park our LandCruiser in front

of the little harbor of Tadjoura and enquire

about the ferry rates to Djibouti City …..

029  ….. the ferry just berthed. The

LandCruiser including driver costs

DJF 6’000 (= US$35.30), a passenger

DJF 700 (= US$4.10) …..

030  ….. people, goats and cars come

on board. The scene is colorful and

reminds us of the Indonesian

ferry crossings

031  Emil drives our LandCruiser onto

the “Mohamed Bourhan Kassim” ferry,

a gift from Japan. It brings us back in

two hours to Djibouti City

032  View from the ferry back to

the jetty and the minaret of Tadjoura

033  White-washed houses with blue

doors line the seashore of Tadjoura. A

dhow is being repaired in the foreground;

in the background the Dadar mountains

034  The charming fishing village of

Tadjoura at the foot of the Goda Mountains

is merely a small slip of land when the

ferry is off to the sea

035  A landmark of Djibouti City:

The “Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel”

– seen from the sea

036  Three dhows are anchoring

in the port of Djibouti City

037  Towards the Ethiopian border,

the arid plain is covered with

clusters of palm trees

038  How can Afar nomads set up their

camp in such an inhospitable place?

In summer, the temperatures

can soar up to 122°F [50°C]

039  A sandstorm develops as we

are returning to the Ethiopian border

Back to the 1st part of the Ethiopian trip: Ethiopia Part 1 – October 25th to November 18th, 2015, from Kenya to Djibouti

Continuation to the next Ethiopian page: Ethiopia Part 2 – November 27th to December 9th, 2015, from Djibouti to Sudan

 

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