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Taking it Easy

Jenn rests in the hammock as we wait for the boat to come fetch us to return us to the mainland


From: Africa » Djibouti

Djiboutian  Flag The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil ... [read more]
Blog: Djibouti Calls
Date: January 14th 2012

Djibouti is extraordinary in several ways; it is a country that is virtually unheard of (so in that way it’s a perfect destination) and if people have heard of it, they remember it as a mnemonic for an ample backside. It is also remarkably dry compared to its western neighbor from which we arrived, so much so that I asked if the trees become any greener during the rainy season (which for Ethiopi ... read more


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