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FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RIMBAUD... IN HARAR
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges, more info at http://hyper-travel.blogspot.com/
Harar
Seulam! Harar is a mostly Muslim community with the old town surrounded by 5 meter walls built in the 16th Century. Inside the walls are 368 alleyways squeezed into 1 square kilometer with 82 small mosques, tombs, shrines, and traditional Harari (Adare) Houses. Every evening there is a hyena feeding by the four remaining hyena men of Harar. It …
Harar
... tter nur wirken, wenn sie frisch sind und es ist wohl ein einträgliches Geschäft, die Blätter werden sogar mit Flugzeugen nach Djibuti und Eritrea exportiert.
Aber abgesehen von den völlig lethargischen Männern sind die Bewohner der Altstadt freundlich und neugierig und es macht wirklich Spaß, durch die Stadt zu spazieren.
Was für ein Unterschied zu Addis mit seiner Hektik.
Am Abend dann die zweite Hyänenfütterung, heut lassen sie etwas länger auf sich ...
Harar, chat, hyenas and dutch beer
Got a bus early in the morning for a rough ride thru the Ethiopian plateau. I have been feeded with chat by my neighbours since EVERYBODY was chewing the stuff, except for the driver that was kind of high by is own and was driving like a devil..
After 9 hours we arrived at sunset at Harars main gate where I got a room in the quite dodgy but cheap Hotel Central.
I enjoyed Harar, you dive into an ancient world when you enter the walls and get ...
A new hotel in town. Delight Hotel Dire Dawa
... and above all some naturalistic paintings on the wall and ceiling of the cave.
The rock paintings in this cave depict wild animals like elephants, lions, hyena, antelopes, human figures, and buffalos are portrayed on the limestone cave of Porc Epic. The paintings are executed in red.
Laga-oda
Laga-oda is located about 35 km to the southwest of Dire Dawa. Laga-oda is a cave shelter that has remarkably kept the rock paintings ...