Bye-bye the mosquitoes from Massawa! (There were also pretty black-skin girls asking for 10 USD per meeting but I decided not take the risk)… Four hours in the bus to the capital city of Asmara, bus change and another 4 hours from Asmara to Keren – lovely provincial town in the north-west direction. What a lanscapes! Big boulders, euphorbia trees in blossom (unfortunately they windows in the bus were dirty…) We broke the tyre on the route – all disembark and some use that stopover to pray (Muslim majority live in this region). In Karen I got a room in empty Pension Sicilia – 4 USD for double with bath, entry from shaddy courtyard… Recommended!
Karen with most people dressed traditionally looks like live skansen… Hot, 1400 m above sea level, but no mosquitoes in December…. I’ll see more tomorrow…
