It was pre-wedding ladies party yesterday… Somali ladies are very pretty. In their colorful clothes they look like black butterflies… I was sitting alone and separated at the end of the hall and enjoying their music and dancing… Soft drinks were served outside – in the garden. Lovely…
I wanted to see Somalian interior. They do not allow whites to travel alone. I got two soldiers with AK-47 as escort: it takes full day to go from the capital -Hargeisa to the coastal Berbera and back. Check points at every large village. Nice desert and mointain landscapes on the route. Some interesting rock formations. Camels, monkeys, dik-diks. Berbera is a port and has some old architecture – there ia more old architecture then in Hargeisa. Mosques, the market and dusty streets. The beach is located quite far trom the town. I did not swim in the Red Sea – my swimming suit is far away in my lost luggage.
Hot and tiring but enjoyable day…
