http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Somalia , Somaliland en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 06:13:01 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:13:01 +0000 Piracy continues to exist in the modern world because there still are pirates today. Most of the pirates today come from the country of Somalia. What they do is basically hijack other ships with little to no advanced weapons or materials. Their procedure in doing such act is to surround a shipboat in all sides with little boats then gain control and make the people aboard pay a ransom. With thi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Berbera/blog-774564.html A lot of people think of piracy as something perpetrated by men with peg legs and parrots with heroic action as well as death. We also think of it as something that happened long ago not as a modern crime. The truth is that piracy on the seas today is on the rise. . Pirates off Somalia fired upon a cruise ship not long ago and were repelled by security on board. Pirates today engage in terroris http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Berbera/blog-774420.html 1. Piracy continues in modern day by pirates continuing their same behaviors. Such as hijacking ships and robbing innocent sailors. This caused the waters to be very dangerous and unsafe.2. Authorities like the Maritime Poloice Force were hiring police officers and dozens of mercenaries from South Africa. To me this wasn39t really effective because they didn39t explain how that the police http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/blog-774207.html Piracy is a fast way of gaining money because they steal money from other nations.The Somali pirates attack boats of all nations to pay for their more weapons men and equipment to get more money. The authorities tried to combat the Somali pirates by the Martime Police Force. However this task force did not beat the Somali pirates. Solutions to this problem is have a city miltia attack the Somal http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-774200.html 1. Piracy continues to exist today mostly in Somalia.With a boat filled with dozens of armed men pirates unexpectedly hijack boats. They then take control of the boat bring back to their base and then demand a large ransom from the owner of the boat. Usually the ransom is paid by being dropped from a plane and along with a parachute floats down swiftly.2.Piracy seems to have changed because t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Borama/blog-774026.html So I unfortunately need to start this blog post with the story about how I wasn39t assumed to be part of the CIAAfter my eventful night where I complained about the dangers of labeling me as the CIA to the police when they were trying to protect me I was informed by the lovely Police Comissioner Hahaha you think we think you are CIA You are bad CIA then. Which was of course my opinio http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Berbera/blog-771418.html I set off from Hargeisa in midmorning for the small mountain town of Sheikh as suggested by the Director of Tourism.The ride was in a cramped shared taxi that was reminiscent of West Africa. We stopped for food and tea in a number of places before we finally climbed into the mountains that surrounded Sheikh.When I finally uncramped myself I realized that I was in a beautiful natural environmen http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/blog-770490.html I have been able to spend a lot of time recently dealing with the bureacracy and lack of mutual understanding between different departments of the government here.The Ministry of Tourism tells me I have to go to the police to be given permission to leave the city the police tell me that I need to get permission from immigration immigration tells me that they only do things related to immigratio http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-769721.html Reflecting that I only left Harar 3 days ago is a bit baffling because a lot has changed.I had to deal with my usual bus station obstacle course though it was nothing compared to Gonder and again got the front seat in a minibus heading towards Jijiga the capital of Ogaden the Somali area of Ethiopia.The first thing that I noticed was that bribes were quite evident at every checkpoint either s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Somalia/Somaliland/Hargeisa/blog-769182.html The amount one matter to retain in mind when it happens to the major marketing trends for 2010 is that it is vital to broaden your advertising combine or die. 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