Country Info
- Mogadishu
- Capital
- Somali Shilling (SOS)
- Currency
- 7,488,773
- Population
- SO
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Somalia
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Productive Day with orphans, schools, hospitals
Today we wanted to continue to pave the way for the ShelterBox arrivals even after yesterday's disappointing news. So we visited an orphange, hospital and a school for disadvantaged children. The orphange has been around since the early 1970's and ...
Arrived in Somaliland
After 20 hours of actual flying in five flights, I have arrived. Picked up Ian and Pat at Heathrow and the three of us did the last part of the trip together. Ididn't realize how far it was from England to Dubai! Pat was here last ...
Into the Red Sea
On Monday we continued thru the Gulf of Aden...fishing boats, tankers, freighters periodically ...ap 5 pm we began to see the long, rocky coast of Yemen....with many harbors on teh starboard side. On the port side we saw Djibouti, Africa. By 6 pm we ...
Disappointing news today
Today started off with a trip across Somaliland to the coast of the Gulf of Aden where the Somaliland port city of Berbera is. We had a quick stop along the way to visit the cave paintings at Las Geil. Apparently over 5,000 years old and was ...
1ère ou 2ème qualité
Finalement, on m'a montré aussi la 3ème qualité. Je parle bien sûr de passeport somalien qu'on achète dans la rue comme des vulgaires chaussures. Mais finalement je n'aurai pas mon passeport tamponné, signé car j'ai voulu le faire au nom de ...
Somaliland
Comment faire la Somalie sans y aller. Réponse : en faisant le Somaliland, état autoproclamé non reconnu internationalement qui fait officiellement toujours parti de la Somalie, mais dans la réalité on y est à mille lieux. C'est sûr et on risque ...
Peintures rupestres
Ce site a été découvert par une équipe française du CNRS, il y a une dizaine d'année. Les peintures représentant des hommes, dès fois accompagnés de chiens, ainsi que de vaches. Les couleurs ont été remarquablement préservées. ...
Good meeting with Government officials
This morning we were picked up at the hotel by a driver and consultant for the Ministry of 3 R's. (Rehabilition, Repatriation, Reconstruction - I think) The consultant is a Canadian of Somaliland descent who lives in Toronto and has been ...
To Boldly Go Where No Tourist Has Gone Before
... were allowed to at least walk around the port area. The lonely planet guide to Africa only devotes a measly 6 pages Somalia. It says Berbera is a "bustling commercial city-port". I wouldn't exactly call it bustling. The ...
Exploring the Capital
Traveling through Somaliland really gives you a sense of exploration and discovery. This must be one of the least visited places on the continent. During my time in Berbera and Hargeisa I only saw other foreigners twice and both times were in ...
We've Arrived in Somalia
The purpose of our lovely tour was to provide security for withdrawing UN forces. We were put into a circle pattern called Ground Hog Station just off the Mogadishu airport. We had platoons rotate for the on-call status to prevent another "Black Hawk ...
Scuba Diving in Berbera
I headed to Berbera this past weekend (Thursday and Friday) and came back with as many seashells as I could squeeze into two hands, several new British phrases, a "proper" (farmer's) sunburn, slightly discolored Birkenstocks, and some "significant" time ...
The country that didn't exist...
Somaliland, where people use the Somaliland shilling. The largest denominatino is 500 shillings and there are just 6200 shillings in a dollar... Go ...
New art gallery/classroom in Hargeysa!!!
... happens when community members from around the world unite in support of the arts? The first art gallery/art school in Somaliland Somalia post collapse of the central government in 1991! With the help of artists, art lovers and National League for ...
Lost in Somaliland
The last week has seen me stuck in the wilds of Somaliland while the heaviest rains in 40 years made all the roads impassable. The only way I could get home was via a 140 Km detour that took me into a town that only 2 days before had been the mustering ...
"Nabad iyo Caano"
... . This is an old Somali saying which means with peace, prosperity comes.This painting is dedicated to all the mothers, women and children in Somalia who have lost their lives, been victims of rape and other forms of abuse during the war. A new mother in ...
SOMALILAND STIRRED
... , crammed in like proverbial sardines to the not infrequent protests of the sardines themselves. The border that is the old Somalia, wrapping around highland Ethiopia along a desert coastline, begins to make more sense as I travel, the vast Ogaden ...
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