Blogs from Djibouti, Africa - page 4

I dont know what's the name of the island (I called it Fantasy Island) but it's a bit sad that in this beaustiful island is only meant for French army. All the facilities here are built for French military or legionaires only. Other people can visit the island but are prohibited of using the facilities. I was warned that even the toilets are meant for the French army only, while I was actually in the middle of having a piss........ read more

Bon Jour, We are still here in Djibouti, and decided to have another tour around town (short tour). We are including pictures of some of the tour highlights. A bit of shopping was done at what passes as the local shopping mall (pictures included). Shopping is always an experience here, since we soon find that we are a very popular couple. It must be our outstanding personalities and appearance. The local vendors always swamp us, when we stroll around the shopping area. They all believe that they know exactly what we want, and that we should purchase it from them, at their favorable quoted price. An example of this concerns a decorative dish that we purchased. The price was originally quoted at 8,000 Djibouti Francs ($45.20). After about 5 minutes of haggling, we purchased it for ... read more

I have kept these paper pictures with me for about 20 years. I used a camera Canon T70 at the time and they really came out nicely. The only trouble is that these photos don’t last eternally, they deteriorate with time. For the first time I will publish them on my newly open travelblog and on my computer at the same time. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do. LAKE ABBE, DJIBOUTI. A Hot and Sulphuric atmosphere The lake is located west of the country on the Ethiopian border at about 200 kms (150miles) from the Capital Djibouti. Thousands of years ago (appr. 7 to 8000) the river Awash was forced away by the volcanic activities nearby. The Lake dried soon after on most of the surface. Under the dried crust of ... read more

Now I know Djibouti has two town centres: one for the foreigners, which is nearer to the embassy area, where we can find all the pubs, french or chinese cuisines, pharmacy, parfume shop as well as some government offices here......the streets are crowded of french every weekend and things are expensive.....due to french invasion, the living standard here is as high as in Europe, or even higher. Most of the goods and food are imported from Europe, mainly from France, such as milk, juices, butter, instant noodles,magazines, ketchup etc......u can imagine how expensive to stay in Djibouti coz even basic things like that are imported....a bottle of beer sold USD4.50-5.70 in pubs and restaurants....an average Chinese dinner costs asround USD12 (including a beer and a meal)...nothing here is cheap! But the other town centre for locals ... read more

Just a few pictures of some of my friends during our little celebration.... read more