The Adventures of Monica and Phil

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Well,
Here we are in Djibouti, Djibouti. Not many countries that have a capitol city named after the country, or is it the other way around?
We arrived here on 2 March after a 2 1/2 day trip from Washington, DC, and didn't travel over the international date line. We could have flown to Australia in less time.
We will be adding pictures (hopefully) to the notes that I put in our travelblog, as soon as we feel more comfortable here.
We are staying in the Bellevue Hotel, which is about a 10 minute drive from the American Embassy, where we are working. The Embassy compound consists of approximately 10 acres, which run right down to a beach.
Djibouti is located on the Horn of Africa directly across the straits from Yeman, which is on the Saudi Arabian penninsula, on he Gulf of Aden.
We have only been in Djibouti for two days, so haven't seen a great deal. However, the country is only the size of Connecticut, so there probably isn't a great deal to see.
We are lucky since we are here during the springtime. The temperature only gets to 105 F. I don't know exactly when summer will begin, hopefully after we depart for home, since the temperature does go up to 125 F during the summer season.
We'll add more to this journal as we add more experiences to our internal data bank.

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