Somaliland Highway 2 - Berbera to Sheekh

D/Hoose ee Berbera G. Saaxil - road sign leaving Berbera	Day trip from Berbera to the mountains and the town of Sheikh	It doesn't take long to reach the first foothills	The Berbera Cement Factory's sign if much more functional looking than the factory itself
Berbera Cement Factory - somewhere between ruined and neglected	Coastal bushland giving way to rocky hills	Mountains rising to the south of Berbera	Eroded pinnacle
Small roadside mosque	Scenic Somaliland	Approaching a bridge along Somaliland Highway 2	The bridge crosses a broad sandy wadi, a dry riverbed
Goats crossing the waterless wadi	Wadi Panorama, Somaliland	White puffy clouds in the blue sky over the desert hills	Road maintenance lacking - Somaliland Highway 2
Rocky cliffs	Panoramic view	Passing by a smaller wadi	Scenery along Highway 2
Serpentine road leading up to a hilltop transmission tower	UN World Food Programme Food for Assets Project in the village of Geelo Kor	Village of Geelo Kor, Somaliland	Roadside Camel, Somaliland
Troop of Baboons in a field along Highway 2, Somaliland	Baboon sitting in a field by a bush	Hamadryas (Papio hamadryas) are the species of baboon found in Somaliland	Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) on the lookout
Ruined building at the base of the mountains on the road from Berbera to Sheikh	Ruined building at the base of the mountains on the road from Berbera to Sheikh	The road from Berbera to Sheikh	Arid landscape, Somaliland
Dirt bypass though a gully around a closed bridge	The bridge which is bypassed, Somaliland Highway 2	Modest dwelling at the base of the mountains	Laundry Day
From the coast, the road gradually reaches an elevation of 2500 feet before the big ascent begins after around 55 km	Somaliland Highway 2 then climbs an additional 2000 feet in around 10 km before reaching Sheikh	Somaliland's distinctive black headed sheep	Panorama from the Sheikh ascent
The village of Laaleys	Somaliland Highway 2 climbing to the Sheikh Plateau	Switchback curve	Panorama from Somaliland Highway 2
Somaliland Highway 2 in the mountains before Sheikh	A small summit to climb for a view	Viewpoint along Somaliland Highway 2 around 10 km prior to Sheikh	Big boulders
Somaliland Highway 2 in the mountains north of Sheikh	Wildflowers in the mountains	My guard taking aim on I don't know what	Somaliland Special Protection Unit (SPU) taking aim with his AK-47
Lone Tree	Somaliland Highway 2 climbing up towards Sheikh	View of the foothills and plains to the north	Somaliland Highway 2 climbing up towards Sheikh
Not clear enough to see the Gulf of Aden	Somaliland Highway 2 climbing up towards Sheikh	Panorama from the scenic viewpoint, Somaliland Highway 2	Somaliland Highway 2
The road from Berbera to Sheikh and Burao through the mountains	Lone Tree 2	Roadside graffiti, some of which is election related	Sunlit hillside, Somaliland
Welcome to Sheekh (see next gallery)	Silhouette of an acacia tree with a cloudy sky, Somaliland	Crazy window tinting makes for an intense red filter	Evening view on the return trip from Sheikh to Berbera
Evening light crossing a wadi in the foothills	Evening scenery, Somaliland	Sunset through the tinted windows	We made it back to Berbera only a little after sunset