http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dalxiise/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dalxiise en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:09:46 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:09:46 +0000 Hargeisa is the main city and capital of Somaliland. Unlike the coastal towns such as Berbera and Zeilah which are at least 2000 years old Hargeisa is a new town. Before it was made the capital of the British Protectorate of Somaliland in the 1920s Hargeisa used to be a caravan stop between the high plateau and the coastal towns. Its main attribute then was the availability of water from the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-150585.html Because of the mountains the country is full of wadis sandy rivers that are dry for most of the time except when it rains however after the rains some have flowing streams for a while and that is the perfect time to camp around one. The sandy beaches of the wadis are like the sea bleaches even finer sometimes and take a dip in the fresh stream or pools. Just watch out for signs of rain an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-123267.html Sheikh Mountain are part of the Golis Chain that stretches along the length of Somaliland. Sheikh is a small town atop the Sheikh Mountains and to get there you take the Sheikh Pass. The veiw from the Sheikh Pass is spectular as the mountains cascade into the horizon. Sheikh is also home to the Sheikh Secondary School the Eaton of Somaliland.Sheikh mountain about 2000 metres above sea level http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-116104.html Berbera is about 200 miles or so away from Hargeisa the capital of Somaliland more importantly it may be the oldest town on this side of the African Red SeaGulf of Aden. It was visited by a Greek sailormerchant in the first century AD as is told in the Periplus of the Red Sea.I did not see much of the city's ruins or old buildings I went to see the beach where I spent a lot of time. The be http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-116101.html What is a gerenuk According to American Heritage Dictionary a gerenuk is An African gazelle Litocranius walleri having long legs a long slender neck and backwardcurving horns in the male. The Word itself is from the Somali language. This is Somaliland the land of the gerenuks. It is also my birthplace a place from which I had been absent for most my adult life and to which I have ret http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-111582.html