Ethiopian Airlines serves Hargeisa, Somaliland, from its hub at Addis Ababa, about an hour by Dash-8 |
Trygve and Karen joined me on this trip to Somaliland |
Trygve and Karen Inda, from the DPRK trip |
A young passenger and his mother headed for Hargeisa |
Hargeisa Egal International Airport, Somaliland |
Arrival Terminal, Hargeisa Airport |
Republic of Somaliland - Ministry of Civil Aviation & Air Transport |
Relic of British Somaliland - this building was opened by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in 1958 |
Mobile phone rates are very low in Somaliland, just 5 cents a minute internationally |
Front side of the Arrival Terminal, Hargeisa Airport |
Cigaal is the Somali spelling of Egal |
Hargeisa Egal International Airport, named after Prime Minister of Somalia during the 1960s, later 2nd President of Somaliland |
The Halo Trust Somaliland - Humanitarian Mine Clearance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal |
A villa for a construction company covered with decorative tiles near Hargeisa Airport |
Somalilanders hanging out at a street side café along Airport Road |
Kaah Electrical Power Company and Salaam Security Guards & Logistics |
Concern Worldwide Somaliland Programme Hargeisa Office |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Look closely...an ATM Machine...though I don't know if it works... |
The bar of the Ambassador Hotel - unfortunately very dry. Coke $1.50 |
2nd floor social area, Ambassador Hotel |
Suite at the Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
View from the Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
View of central Hargeisa from the Ambassador Hotel |
View looking towards central Hargeisa from the Ambassador Hotel, located on the south side near the airport |
Minarets stud the low-lying city |
Upscale district on the south side of Hargeisa near the airport |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa |
Water tower at the Ambassador Hotel |
Getting ready to mount up for departure to Laas Geel |
Safeway Travel Tour & Cargo, Hargeisa |
Safeway organized our vehicles and SPU (Special Protection Units) for our tour of Somaliland |
Safeway Travel, Tours & Cargo office, Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa |
Ethiopian's flights have moved from Berbera to Hargeisa |
4x4 are practically a necessity in S.Land |
Little tin shacks operating as grocers on the edge of Hargeisa |
Villa of Somaliland Power Supply Company |
New construction in arabesque style on the outskirts of Hargeisa |
I wonder how much Italian is used in the rest of Somalia. English is the main language here, next to Somali |
Woman in black passing a villa surrounded by a fancy wall on the edge of Hareisa |
A mosque on the south side of Hargeisa |
Villa with an artistic wall for rent, Hargeisa |
Decorated home, Hargeisa |
Walled villa with barbed wire, Hargeisa |
Even in the capital, Hargeisa, there are traditionally built tent-like dwellings |
Storefronts, Hargeisa |
The outskirts of Hargeisa |
Minaret of the Great Mosque |
Dahabshiil, Somaliland's money transfer service, useful since Somaliland is cut off from the international banking system |
Dahabshiil Office, Independence Avenue, central Hargeisa |
Jubba Airways, the airline of Somalia |
Central Hargeisa's commercial district runs east-west along Independence Avenue |
Minaret in central Hargeisa, Independence Avenue |
Minaret in central Hargeisa |
Not exactly on the Tourist Trail, but they do have I Love Somaliland t-shirts |
Samaale General Trading Co, Hargeisa |
A 3rd aerial option - Hargeisa to Nairobi twice a week on SAX |
Baanka Somaliland - Bank of Somaliland - Branch One, Hargeisa |
The MiG Monument, Hargeisa |
During the civil war, this Somali MiG crashed nearby after bombing Hargeisa |
Perhaps one of the history of war's shortest bombing raids - from Hargeisa Airport to downtown Hargeisa |
Blue rondel of the Air Force of the Democratic Republic of Somalia (Mogadishu) |
The Soviet-equipped Air Force of Somalia had 9 MiG-17s like this one, and 3 of the more advanced MiG-21s |
Somali Civil War - 1988 to 1991 |
Now, pigeons live on the cockpit of Hargeisa's MiG-17 |
Beneath the MiG, the Civil War Memorial depicts images of the horrors of conflict |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
SNM - the Somali National Movement - was the key force in Somaliland leading to the reestablishment of independence |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Bank of Somaliland currency guidelines |
Bank of Somaliland currency guidelines |
Central Bank of Somaliland |
Modern glass tower in the center of Hargeisa |
Somaliland's Gandi Public Library, Hargeisa |
The former British Somaliland Post Office, Hargeisa |
British post box bearing the royal monogram of Queen Elizabeth II |
Somaliland no longer has any functioning postal service |
Somalilanders even lost the concept of postage stamp, having no idea what I was talking about when I was looking for one |
P.O. Boxes at the British Post Office, Hargeisa |
Abandoned interior of the Hargeisa Post Office |
Call Academy, Hargeisa |
Kulan Art Café, Hargeisa |
Kulan Art Café, Hargeisa |
Dinner with Will, Karen and Trygve at the Kulen Art Café, Hargeisa |
Snake! |
Somtel - one of the mobile phone providers serving Somaliland |
The flag of Somaliland flying in front of the Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa |
Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa |
SX-BHR, a Greek registered Air Méditerranée B737 arriving at Hargeisa |
Advertisement for Ethiopian Airlines and Safeway Travel, Hargeisa |
Somaliland Map Monument, Hargeisa |
Somaliland Map Monument, Hargeisa |
Caalami Schools ICT Department, Hargeisa |
Janaale Restaurant prominently advertising camel meat, a common meal in Somaliland |
Camels at the Hargeisa Livestock Market |
High quality camels cost around $1000, the best perhaps as high as $1500 |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Sheep and goats are also found in large numbers |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
It seems like some people live on site at the Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Sheep and goats tied to the goal post of the soccer pitch at the livestock market |
Somali women, while fully covered, wear much more colorful garments than their Arabian neighbors |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Shelters like this are common throughout Somaliland |
Shelters at the Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Shelters at the Hargeisa Livestock Market |
The cattle are kept separate from the camels, sheep and goats |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Living at the Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Kids peak out of a hut as my SPU poses for me |
Bundles of charcoal |
Bundles of charcoal |
Hargeisa Livestock Market |
Advertising for the New Hargeisa Hospital, among others |
Petrol Station, Hargeisa |
Mosque with a square minaret and adjacent dental clinic |
A large group of women with water jugs, probably preparing to board the trucks |
Most of Hargeisa is built on dirt roads |
Daalo Shop & Booshari, Hargeisa |
SBi - Somaliland Beverage Industries, makers of Coca-Cola in Hargeisa |
Monumental arch at the bridge across Hargeisa's wadi |
Hargeisa Bridge |
Hargeisa Bridge - Equal Justice Under the Law |
Ahmed Mohamed Said, inaugural mosque of the Arab community, Hargeisa |
German Pharmacy, Hargeisa |
Man polishing his decorated truck |
Gandi Public Library, Hargeisa |
Glass tower in the very center of Hargeisa, Independence Avenue |
Monument Independence Avenue |
Probably the future home of the Bank of Somaliland |
Bank of Somaliland |
Morning visit to the Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa |
Bank of Somaliland, Branch One |
Somaliland University of Technology - SUTECH |
Minaret, Central Hargeisa |
Baanka Dhexe ee Somaliland - Central Bank of Somaliland |
A modern building and a paved street, the west end of Independence Avenue |
Tank Monument, Hargeisa |
Deero Mall, modern shopping in Hargeisa |
Another place for Somaliland t-shirts |
Qadan Hoodo, the shop in Deero Mall where we got that Somaliland t-shirt |
Deero Mall, Hargeisa |
Deero Mall, Hargeisa |
Deero Mall, Hargeisa |
I Love Somaliland |
A small mosque in Hargeisa |
A small mosque in Hargeisa |
Somaliland National Human Rights Commission Celebration of Human Rights Day, 10 Dec 2013 |
Sign with prohibitions on hospital grounds - weapons, cigarettes, qat...but that thing on the left? |
Women's Need Access to Justice - Somaliland Women Lawyers Association and UNDP |
Hargeisa's only active church |
ESOL Club English Language School, Hargeisa |
Jamhuuriyadda (Repubic of) Somaliland Ministry of Finance |
Ruins of Hargeisa's old Anglican Church, relic of British Somaliland, victim of war |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Interior of the Anglican Church ruins |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa |
Government of Somaliland - Parliament |
Hargeisa Yellow Taxi, Independence Avenue |
Somtel shop, Hargeisa |
Hargeisa street life |
Somaliland Restaurant, Hargeisa |
Artan Hotel, Hargeisa |
Universal Institute of Languages, Maths & Computer Study, Hargeisa |
Painted shop front, Hargeisa |
Entrance to the Tomb of Sheikh Madar, regarded as the founder of modern Hargeisa in the early 20th C. |
Tomb of Sheikh Madar |
Tomb of Sheikh Madar |
Tomb of Sheikh Madar |
Tomb of Sheikh Madar |
Shiny new building in Hargeisa |
Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal (Somali: Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal), 2nd President of Somaliland 1993-2002 |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Great Mosque of Hargeisa |
Hargeisa Municipality |
Hargeisa Municipality |
Hargeisa Ice Cream Group - I don't see ice cream in the pictures of what they sell |
Souq of Hargeisa, the market area south of Independence Avenue, to the east of the Civil War Memorial |
Hargeisa Souq (Bazaar, Market) |
Rock salt, Hargeisa Souq |
SPU by the salt seller's stand |
Merchant in the Hargeisa Souq |
Mosque adjacent to the Hargeisa Souq |
Hargeisa boys |
Hargeisa boy |
Hargeisa Souq |
Hargeisa Souq |
Hargeisa Souq |
Surely the next fashion label to storm western capitals: Supersonic Top Man |
Mosque near the Hargeisa souq |
Darasalam Centre, Hargeisa |
New Telesom highrise under construction, Hargeisa |
New York Beauty Salon, Hargeisa |
Qat stand - Qat (Chat/Cat) is the mild narcotic popular in Yemen and the Horn of Africa |
Just East Restaurant, Hargeisa |
Hargeisa Hilton, Somaliland |
Some people may be disappointed checking into the Hargeisa Hilton |
Mosque on the edge of Hargeisa |
Gaaroodi Supermarket, Hargeisa |
New villas, South Hargeisa |
Upscale Somaliland villas have ornate stone and tile work |
Adam's Inn Hotel, not far from the Ambassador |
Villa in the high rent district of Hargeisa |
Modern building in the Ambassador Hotel district near the airport |
Restaurant near the Ambassador Hotel |
Camel...it's what's for dinner |
Villa with a colorful wall and gate for rent near Hargeisa Airport |
Gate to Egal International Airport, Hargeisa, Somaliland |
Cigaal - Egal International Airport, Hargeisa |
Terminal building, Egal International Airport, Hargeisa |