http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Eritrea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Eritrea en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:09:49 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:09:49 BST Disclaimer I am writing this from memory its been almost three years June 2003. I am also leaving out most of the political commentery being that it came from a offical source.After trying many diffrent travel agents we finaly found one that could book us tickets on Ertrian Airlines that claimd to be fliying direct into Asmara from Milan.We landed in Milan on a Monday morning we checked the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Eritrea/blog-127116.html I wonder if this namingthebeerafterthecity malarkey would catch on at home I'll have three bottles of Glasgow please perhaps not but it certainly makes life easier for thirsty travellers like us we've got enough to contend with like tackling extortionate airport taxi cartels and getting our paws on dollars in a bankrupt country without a single ATM.....Asmara formerly known as Picco http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Eritrea/West/Asmara/blog-107173.html 330am. A petrol station in Assab. The daily bus to Asmara is about to leave. Our entire room sheets mattress etc reeked of someone else's sweaty penis but I still wish I could have slept a couple more hours. We're facing a 1 day journey up the Red Sea coast in August following the Danakil Depression one of the hottest places in the world until we reach the cool highlands' spring http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Eritrea/West/Asmara/blog-54373.html