Somaliland Highway 1 between Hargeisa and Berbera

From the Ambassador Hotel, we drove around the edge of Hargeisa, avoiding the traffic of the city centre	Goats and plastic coated thorn bushes, Hargeisa	Leaving Hargeisa to the north along National Highway 1, you pass Naasa Hablood, Virgin's Breat Mountains	The outskirts of Hargeisa
Parts of Somaliland are surprisingly green	Gas station along Somaliland Highway 1 on the edge of Hargeisa	Stocking up on supplies on the edge of town	Maaxda and Saxansax bottled water, Somaliland
Market shacks along National Highway 1 on the edge of Hargeisa	Ethiopia Fast shop stall across from the gas station	Safari Motors Car Sales & Rent, Somaliland	Tents on the edge of Hargeisa
Nabad & Caano Restaurant, Highway 1 leaving Hargeisa	Shacks, Somaliland	Colorfully painted tin shack, Shibinsheko Zaad	Large tin shack painted in the colours of the Indian flag
Virgin's Breat Mountains - Naasa Hablood, Somaliland	Shop shacks along National Highway 1 north of Hargeisa	Somali women using old tires as seats	Qoobay Restaurant
Tin shacks, Somaliland	HIV AIDS poster - Xuska Maalinta, Somaliland	Camel grazing along Somaliland National Highway 1	Termite mound, Somaliland
Termite mound, Somaliland	Termite mound, Somaliland	Our host	Karen and Trygve
Foreigners traveling in Somaliland require "SPUs" - Special Protection Units	An SPU armed with an AK-47, Somaliland	Much of Somaliland Highway 1 is in a poor state of repair	M&M (Miyi & Magaalo) Resort and Park, Somaliland
Liban Boarding School, Somaliland Highway 1	House front a little reminiscent of the Old West	Stall selling Chat (Qat), a popular mild narcotic chewed by Somalis and Yemenis	A small roadside mosque
Sturdy little house with a decorated façade	Small hill along National Highway 1, Somaliland	Al Najax Restuarent, Somaliland	Village mosque of one of the small roadside settlements along Somaliland Highway 1
Bundles of charcoal for sale	Hill near the turnoff for Laas Geel (see next gallery)	Warthog, Somaliland	As they are not halal, the locals leave the warthogs alone
Warthogs just off Somaliland Highway 1	Warthogs, Somaliland	Warthog on a small embankment along the road	Dahabshiil, money transfer service that operates in place of banks in Somaliland - Daarbuduq
Crossing a river at Daarbuduq, around half way between Hargeisa and Berbera	Somaliland Highway 1 near Daarbuduq, half way between Hargeisa and Berbera	Somaliland World War II monument near Daarbuduq	"Perhaps the least visited World War II monument in the world", Somaliland
Somali landscape around Daarbuduq	Mountains between Hargeisa and Berbera	A particularly lush, green area of Somaliland	Mountains of Somaliland between Hargeisa and Berbera
Mountains of Somaliland between Hargeisa and Berbera	The mountains of Somaliland give way to a flat plain as you near the coast at Berbera	The mountains of Somaliland give way to a flat plain as you near the coast at Berbera	House in a village outside Berbera
Village mosque outside Berbera	Landscape of northern Somaliland near Berbera	Crossing a broad dry riverbed	Telesom welcomes you to Xamaas, 40 km outside Berbera
House with painting supporting candidate 210	Village by the last koppie (hill) before Berbera	House along highway 1 outside Berbera	The last koppie before Berbera along Highway 1
Koppie is a South African word for a small rocky hill rising out of a generally flat area	The last terrain before the flats that slope gently down to the sea at Berbera	Looking back at the Somaliland hills	Poor settlement on the flats outside Berbera
Sandy flats outside Berbera with the mountains in the distance	Somtel welcomes you to Berbera City	...and departing Berbera for the return trip to Hargeisa	Berbera to Hargeisa is around 3 hours without stops
Dwelling set up with thorn bushes for walls beneath a shady tree	Crossing a narrow wadi near Berbera	Somaliland Highway 1 crossing a broad wadi which looks like it washes over the road with every big rain	Koppie south of Berbera
Koppie south of Berbera	Open Air Mosque	Xamaas, Somaliland	Xamaas, Somaliland
Xamaas, Somaliland	Decorated truck coming down Highway 1 from Hargeisa	Road construction - slowly repairing Somaliland Highway 1	Riverbed with a trickle of water and a water tower
Chinese facility in Daarbuduq, Somaliland, not far from the World War II monument	Some water crossing National Highway 1 at Daarbuduq	Central Somaliland	Somaliland National Highway 1 between Berbera and Hargeisa
Somaliland National Highway 1 between Berbera and Hargeisa	Auto imports from Dubai to Somaliland	Somaliland National Highway 1 beyond the halfway point from Berbera and Hargeisa	Somaliland scenery
Somaliland scenery	Mining operation, Somaliland	Colorful house with decorations including the Somaliland flag	The twin peaks of Naasa Hablood come into sight as National Highway 1 nears Hargeisa
Camels grazing on grass, Somaliland	Camels grazing in green fields near Hargeisa	SUTECH - Somaliland University of Technology	Construction of a grand domed building on the edge of Hargeisa
Haah Business Center and Petrol Station	Construction along Highway 1 outside Hargeisa	UNICEF World Toilet Day, 19 November 2013 - Somaliland