Smoking Baby!!! Love that bit about the 2 year-old smoking baby, did you you see what brand they were??? And please, start writing again man, everyone's waiting......
Hi Hi my dear old friend,
My begining word were so cliché. Anyway, So I have read some bloggers site a few minutes ago and these remind me how is bedreddein. And I open google link and write these word "bedreddin leo... then your site came to my computer. Meanwhile thanks alot to all computer employee, and computer scientist as you are. It was wonderful to give a hi in a minute by only thouching a few keys
Conclusion, I miss you a lot bedreddin I proud of you
I think One day you will gain which you have spent these years one day peace came to in middle asia and to all world
bye
Great laugh Hey there! That's a good story! I know the place pretty well (been there several times during the war) and it all sounds awfully familiar. But believe me: these guys are okay once there is some kind of trust. The Nuba really went through a very, very bad time and it will take a long time before things will become more or less normal again. Sorry for the stress though...
To Giorgos, RE: "You Destroy My Country" Dear Giorgos.
I will put your ignorance and chauvenism down to your youth, but I'll respond to some of your (rather naive) statements because I have nothing better to do at the moment.
You talk about "Europe's Culture". What do you mean in particular? The expulsion of Jews from Europe? The Inquisition? The still-rampant racism (what do you mean by "Asian"? Is one side of the Bosphorous morally "better" than the other?). Centuries of colonization, rape, and suppression of 3rd-World countries? The ghetto-like conditions in which minorities and immigrants *still* live in?
Maybe if you delve deeper you'll see that "Europe's Culture" isn't all that to be proud of, nor is "Asia" a Bad Word.
"Cities Full of Crime and Misery" you say... What about New York? Isn't that full of crime? Or London or Paris? And your allegation that teachers "kill little children" is simply ludicrous. As for teacher hitting little children... that's a historical and integral part of European Culture.
I'm not proud of what the State has done to the Armenians, Greeks, and Kurds. And I'm not defending the actions of the State. But please don't come at me with ignorant adolescent racism.
You destroy my country I am a 17 years old cypriot. I accidentally find this page on google and i read your text. I agree with the other greek man. You are not a part of europe. Geographically turkey is located in asia and only a small part (which was greek) is located in asia. Your culture has nothing to do with the europe 's culture. You are an ASIAN country and you have to admit it. In 1974 you invade without reason in Cyprus and conquer the half of the island. You kill cypriots you make mother's to cry, you raped young girls, you caught young men and kill them. Is this European culture? You kill the Armenian people without mersy. Is this Eyropean culture? Your cities are full of crime and misery.. Is this European culture? Some days ago i see in tv techers from turkey to hit little children or even kill them. After all that why you want to become Europeans? You are not deserve it!!! My country and all Greek people suffer from Turkish people amd some day you are going to pay for all the pain you cause!!
Thanks for the article. It was great and funny. Keep up the good work. And lastly, don't worry about the critics :)
PS: You shouldn't assume the Somali readers of your blog are unable to understand the english. May be some of them were bothered by some comments you made which they took personal. I liked everything you wrote and laughed at some of your comments about us Somalis. Anyway, I would rate your efforts an "A" Plus.
Ridicilous Comments I think Somaliland dispointed him cos it was not all the danger he was hoping for. I did not like the comments he made of Berbera such as:
"The houses have a distinctly Arab look-and-feel to them, but I get the impression that the locals weren't the ones who built them."
Did u expected some old African huts to still stand in Berbera?
Pretty interesting ! Yeah mate , in all honesty I believe you have depicted a pretty acurate picture of Somaliland .
I'm sorry we ain't that welcoming , but at least we 're a little more honest and straight forward when it comes to how we feel about foreigners compared to our western neighbours. Lol
People read the blog before writing about it I'm a Somalilander myself and I think what is said about Somaliland is fair and just..Who ever attacked the owner of the blog obviously didn't read through all that was said about Somaliland...And keep in mind his a foreigner not a somalilander like you that understands the language and behavior of the people.Plus you know and I know that when we travel to Somaliland were get picked up at the airport by our dear relatives who watch out for us...
Student of the History! As a student of the world, you are one patient man. btw, I call all travellers as students of the world.
I was tempted to call you names until I read the article. Hargeisa, oh Berbera! they are cities you should have visited 47 years ago. I am not saying residents were not as intolerant to Western visitors because they was a foreign rule at the time. You are lucky if they did not lynch you.
Well Done and thank you I am a somalilander and I thoroughly enjoyed your article. I was saddened to see that people have demonstrated their ignorance and narrow-mindeness by blabbing on about Islam etc but please remember this is a place with 80% illiteracy rate and Islam is the only show in town intellectually-speaking. I was surprised you liked Berbera, god how I hated that place except at night when the aroma of spiced fish filled the air. And people are insnane due to the Qat. That stuff will surely kill of Somaliland. Please visit the place again some time and this time swim in khoor soor east of Berbera. Sublime. PS: Berebera does have an ancient synagogue and a 700 yyear-old Ottoman mosque but a lot of the houses were indeed built by Somalis from an earlier generation which died out replaced by ninja women boring everybody to death about god and islam and insane men of today addicted to drugs.
i have totally enjoyed reading about your travels ..keep up the good work ...I'm Jamaican and there's a lot in these counries i can relate to ...we are far apart geographically but share some similarities.....i do understand the concerns some people have with not feeling that we may be not be getting the full story about Somalia.... but u are speaking about your experience ..what u experienced during the time u spent there and obviously it will be different from someone who grew up there..its one part of a very long and complicated whole ..i feel the same way when someone describes my country ....but its your truth ...and i do thing u have been fair ....its not going to deter from visiting there in fact i think your description has peaked my interest even further ...maybe my exerience will be the same.....and maybe not...the main thing we all need to understand are that perspectives and opinions are different and while we may not agree with them but they still need to be respected...which is basically what u were trying to bring across in your post
Pathetic excuse! Israel the most advanced fighting force in the middle east was not kicked out of Southern Lebanon by Hezbollah. They withdrew there forces by themselves. All Hzbollah have are there stones and home made weapons while Israel has the lastest in technology. And if Hezbollah kicked Israel out of Lebanon the why don't they kick them out of the Shebaa farms that lie along the border on Southern Lebanon.
HAHAHA Mohammed was illiterate yet it was said in the Koran that he read the Koran everyday and taught it to his people! WAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH fucking bastard religion!
Pathetic As France is for the French, Lebanon is for he Lebanese and always was that way. Before Palestinians arrived in the country or any other nation for that Lebanon has peace, so that definately says something. I respect the Lebanese and I know that everybody that posted on this site can learn a thing or two from the Lebanese both Christian and Muslim.
My trip began (July 19, 2004) as a 14-month leave of absence from my job, with the intention of "seeing the world", and a bunch of unrealistic ideas of what can be accomplished in a year. Turns out a year isn't as long as it seems, so I've recently quit my job (yeay!) to become a full-time traveler. Until, that is, I run out of money or decide I'm ready to rejoin the ratrace.
In the meantime, I'm trying to blog at least once a month from the countries I'm visiting. I'm not interested in Western Europe, so don't expect pictures of Venice here. My blogs are basically my impressions of pla... full info
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Smoking Baby!!!
Love that bit about the 2 year-old smoking baby, did you you see what brand they were??? And please, start writing again man, everyone's waiting......