Keren, Eritrea Travel Blogs

The field
Dec 28, 2005 (5 photos)

I have just been startled at my desk in Kassala, by a sound foreign to me. Just took a look and there is a sheep tied up. This is the conversation I had with a local staff member... "Have you ever seen one of these?" (M) "yes" (J) "it is for ...

SLOW ROAD TO CHINA
Aug 9, 2007 (8 photos)

... in the tourist stakes,and even with it,was not worth the all day ride from Khartoum,unless you were continuing to Eritrea,or Port Sudan. Within 45 minutes we stopped for breakfast,sitting in a shaded desert cafe,but surrounded by flies.A man shouted at ...

Keren- into the countryside
Jan 29, 2008 (17 photos)

... of the Capital. Luckily we had read the lonely planet and knew we needed this otherwise we would have been sent back to the capital! Keren was as beautiful as we were told it would be. It was surrounded by hills and full of people from the neighbouring ...