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Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Subsaharan Africa >> Somaliland >> Sheikh | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
![]() Sheekh (Sheikh) is a town in the mountains around 65 km south of Berbera |
![]() Our guide was unfamiliar with Sheikh so we stopped at the Technical Veterinary School and two students offered show us the town |
![]() Tin shack in front of the primary school, Sheekh |
![]() Map showing the districts of Somaliland |
![]() "Somaliland" written in Arabic script |
![]() Somaliland flags painted on a wall in Sheekh |
![]() 18 May, Somaliland's Independence Day (1991) |
![]() Ruins of a stone building, Sheekh |
![]() SOS Children's Village Hermann Gemeiner Secondary School, Sheikh |
![]() School Website |
![]() Flag of Somaliland at the SOS Secondary School |
![]() The school was founded by the British colonial administration in 1959 as a modern boarding school |
![]() The town's elevation of 4700' gives it a cooler and wetter climate than the hot dry coast |
![]() The school was abandoned and looted during the Civil War |
![]() SOS Children's Villages restored the school which reopened in 2003 |
![]() The school houses dormitories for the students |
![]() SOS Hermann Gemeiner Sheikh Secondary School |
![]() One of the classrooms |
![]() Chemistry lab |
![]() Tower staircase |
![]() Going up for a view |
![]() Flag of Somaliland |
![]() SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School takes 60 new students per year, both boys and girls |
![]() Karen with our volunteer guides from the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School |
![]() A very bizarre plant with a large soft wide base |
![]() Pondering the strange tree |
![]() Acacia tree, Sheekh - Somaliland |
![]() Ruins of the stone fort at Sheekh |
![]() One source says the fort was built in the 1850s by a local religious order |
![]() Another source says the British used the stone fort at Sheekh as a prison |
![]() Ruins of the stone fort at Sheikh, Somaliland |
![]() Ruins of the stone fort at Sheikh, Somaliland |
![]() A pile of rocks near the old stone fort, Sheekh |
![]() Fardowsa Archaeological Site - Sheikh, Somaliland |
![]() The Fardowsa Archaeological site sits a short walk off the main road through Sheikh |
![]() The town of Sheikh abuts the archaeological site |
![]() Interesting vegetation of the Somali highlands at Sheikh |
![]() Prickly pear cactus, Sheikh |
![]() Scant remains of an early Islamic village 400-800 years old, Fardowsa Archaeological site |
![]() Try to ignore the local's garbage dump at the Fardowsa Archaeological site |
![]() Fardowsa Archaeological Site |
![]() There is very little to see other than rocks strewn about the site |
![]() Fardowsa Archaeological site |
![]() Houses on the edge of Sheikh, Somaliland |
![]() Walking back to the main road from the archaeological site passing by the dump |
![]() Karen, our local student-guides, security, and the not-very-good translator |
![]() Visit to Sheikh |
![]() Adequate rainfall makes Sheikh rather green |
![]() Fatooh Hospital, Sheikh |
![]() Dawaare Hotel, Sheikh |
![]() Election advertising - vote number 309 |
![]() House with painted doors and shutters, Sheikh |
![]() The potholed road leading from Sheikh to Burao |
![]() Our local guides brought us out of town to spot the local wildlife |
![]() Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), a tiny antelope found in the Horn of Africa |
![]() I believe it is the Phillips subspecies of Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltine phillipsi), Somaliland |
![]() Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), Somaliland |
![]() Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), Somaliland |
![]() Colorfully dressed group of Somali women by the roadside in Sheikh |
![]() Rayiislaha Somaliland - We are Somaliland |
![]() Small shop on a side street in Sheikh |
![]() A short exploration of the town of Sheikh |
![]() Somali girls on the way home from school |
![]() Somali girls on the way home from school |
![]() House with a decorative façade, Sheikh |
![]() Mosque of Sheikh with a pair of minarets |
![]() Sheikh Mosque, Somaliland |
![]() Leaving town on the road back to Berbera |
![]() Last stop, back at the IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre |
![]() Logo of the Veterinary School is based on the prehistoric cave paintings found in Somaliland |
![]() Camel browsing by the gate of the Veterinary School |
![]() Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
![]() Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
![]() Office of one of our guides, president of the Sheikh Students Association |
![]() Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
![]() Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
![]() Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
![]() Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
![]() Food Hygiene Laboratory funded by the Government of Japan |
![]() Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
![]() Logo of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
![]() It's getting late and we want to be back in Berbera before it's dark |
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