Toi nho taxi dua toi di den nhung noi ma toi muon di nhu Lake Abbe, Ali Sabieh, Lake Assal. Nhung khong taxi nao di duoc vi can xe 4X4 car di tren duong go ghe. Toi nho tour guide nhung cuoi cung di khong duoc va toi dinh se di ngay hom sau. O day khong co tour office. Toi di bo khap thu do ma chi thay mot tour office va ho tinh di 2 ngay 2 lake Abbe va Assal la 385 dola /nguoi. Toi thay rat it du khach. Toi di het ngay ma chi thay 2 nguoi da trang. O Kenya toi thay rat nhieu. Toi di Lake khong duoc toi muon taxi di quanh thanh pho. Toi that vong hon la toi nghi vi trong sach noi noi day la Little Dubai cua Africa nhung theo toi nghi la mot noi te nhat trong nhung noi ma toi di qua. Rat ngheo, co the ngheo hon Cuba. Do co the do ban hon Cuba . Cuba la noi toi toi da cho la lac hau nhat the gioi khi toi den 2
lan 2007 va 2016. O thu do Djibouti ma rac day duong, duong pho doi luc go ghe di bo cung so vap te. Cua hang ban da so giay dep, rat it cua hang ban do ky niem , Dieu nay cho thay it du khach. O thu do nay khong co gi , khong co den dai de xem nhu o Cuba.
Chanh phu Djibouti ma tong thong la nguoi Ethiopia corrupted theo nhan vien khach san. Djibouti la nuoc nam canh bo ben thuan tien cho co viec chuyen cho bang duong thuy do do Sea port o Djibouti rat quan trong. Cac nuoc khac o Phi Chau dac biet la Ethiopia la land lock country phai nho vao Djibouti de van chuyen hang hoa xuat nhap cang va phai tra tien cho Djibouti . Tuy nhien chanh phu khong dung tien do de lo cho dan. Canh sat o day khong hieu qua ma an hoi lo nhieu. Ho khong duoc huan luyen de giup tourist ma gan nhu muon bot lot tourist.
Toi co nho tour guide va tai xe taxi dua toi di cac noi ma toi muon tham vieng o Djibouti.
Ho khong thanh that ma muon moi tien tourist nen toi khong muon xe taxi duoc. Va lai taxi o day rat cu nen di xa khong duoc va dac biet la neu di den cac vung xa nhu Lake Abbe phai co xe 4 wheel drive do do rat kho tim nguoi di.. Da so muon luong gat du khach de kiem tien . O day lai khong co dich vu cho muon xe hay rat it va toi khong thay noi nao. Cho nen toi co gang tim cho taxi di nhung khong duoc. Dau co cho cho muon xe toi van khong muon vi noi day toi khong biet tinh trang an ninh the nao vi nam ben canh Samolia.
Cuoi cung toi tim khong duoc taxi de di nen toi cac noi ma toi muon, nen toi nho taxi dua di tham thanh pho Djibouti city va cho ngay hom sau de di cho xa.
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Hom qua toi co hen nguoi tour guide den don toi di nhung da 45’ troi qua khong thay xuat hien toi danh di voi taxi ma toi vua kiem duoc de di Lake Assal, Bay
of Gournet va ALi Sabet. Vi toi khong can di den Lake Abbe nen khong can 4 wheel drive.
Tai xe taxi nay la nguoi Somali , hua dua toi di Lake Assal, de xem ho nuoi, Bay of Gourmet de snorkel voi whale shark, va di Ali Sabet de biet loi sinh song cua dan Somali. Chiec xe rat cu ky va da so xe taxi o Djibouti dieu cu nhu vay cho mot xu su rat ngheo nan. Toi lo ngai xe di khong den noi. Tai xe dua toi den Lake Assal mat khoang 1hr 30 lay xe. Noi day rat dep va la ma toi chua tung thay o dau mac dau toi co den Death sea nhung nuoc muoi o day man gap 10 lan hon o Dead sea. Noi day thap nhat Africa voi 150m thap hon mat bien. Muoi o day day 60m chieu sau va dac biet la mat nuoc phu trang xoa boi muoi va phang li. Toi di bo ra xa tu bo ho muoi trang xoa den nuoc ho roi di nua khi nuoc ho ngap den dau goi cach bo ho khoang 1/2km. Bo ho phang li
trang xoa nhu tuyet phu. Ten di tro lai bo ho chung 5’ sau thi chan toi phan nhung vao nuoc bay gio de kho va mot lop muoi phu len tu dau goi tro xuong chung to rang o day do muoi rat nhieu. Khi toi o dead sea khi toi l;oi xuong nuoc va ngam Minh xuong nuoc toi khong thay nhu vay.
Sau do tai xe tim cach khong muon dua toi di 2 noi khac nua ma muon tro ve Djibouti city. Toi upset lam nhung van vui ve vi so anh ta khong cho toi ve thu do Djibouti thi lam sao toi ve duoc Djibouti de vao phi truong ve lai Ethiopia luc 2am. Khi ve den Djibouti thi anh ta doi tien day du $200 va toi phai nho canh sat can thiep. Anh chang taixe taxi noi sao voi canh sat la anh ta chi dong y dua toi doi Lake Assal ma thoi voi gia $200. Canh sat noi toi nen tra cho anh toi $150 mac dau hoi cao. Vi toi muon khong mat thi gio va toi phai di Ali Sabet nua noi toi danh phai dua anh
ta $150 thay vi cong bang la $70 nghia la toi tra cho anh ta gap doi so tien phai tra. Toi cho do la manh loi cua dan tai xe tai day. Hom qua toi cung bi tai xe taxi lua mot lan. Hom nay lai bi nua. Toi nghi tai vi ho ngheo qua nen sanh ra lua dao. Toi di du lich nhieu noi ma toi chua thay tai xe taxi nao co nhieu thu doan nhu vay. Tuy nhien diem son tai nuoc Djibouti la ho khong an cap hay moc tui. Co le tinh than hoi giao khong cho phep ho lam nhu vay.
Toi dua tien cho anh ta xong anh ta lai xe di. Anh chang canh sat noi anh ta se goi nguoi ban cua anh ta cho toi di Ali Sabet de toi khong bi lua nua. Anh canh sat dan toi lai nha cua nguoi ban cua anh ta cung voi anh chang canh sat khac va anh ta noi de nguoi ban canh sat di chung bao ve toi. Toi khong dong y va muon di mot minh. Roi thi chang canh sat dua toi cho tai khach
san cua toi de cho nguoi ban anh ta chay xe den. Toi cho o khach san voi anh chang canh sat nay. Anh chang canh sat noi voi toi : Cho anh ta $20 vi anh ta da giup toi giai quyet van de vua roi. Toi rat ngac nhien ve thai do nay. Toi khong ngo canh sat o xu Djibouti nat te hai nhu vay. Toi chi dua anh chang canh sat $5 thoi mac dau anh ta khong vua y. Toi lam nhu vay: tra tien chi nguoi tai xe gian lan gap doi $150 va cho canh sat $5 mac dau bat mang lam vi toi hoc duoc bai hoc o Romania khi toi vieng tham nuoc nay 2 nam ve truoc. Nguoi tai xe xi Romania da bo toi giua xa mac vi anh ta doi tien cao hon tren duong di va toi cu tuyet khong dong ykhi toi tren duong dinh di den Dracula castle. Toi cu tuyet nen anh ta bo toi giua xa mac . Toi phai tim taxi khac di tro lai thu do Romania va khong duoc than vieng Dracula Castle nhu mong muon. Va toi hoc duoc
bai hoc la :toi nen theo y ho de toi lam duoc nhung gi ma toi muon lam vi dong tieng ho doi hoy cung khong dang bao nhieu.
Voi kinh nghiem do nen toi dua tien cho tai xe taxi o Djibouti va vien canh sat.,
Sau do chiec xe taxi di den truoc khach san va nguoi canh sat noi do la xe va nguoi ban cua anh ta va toi nen len xe di. Toi rat ngac nhien la nguoi tai xe tren xe khong phai la nguoi toi vua moi gap va chiec xe taxi rat cu khong la loai xe 4 wheel drive nhu vien canh sat noi. Toi that vong vo cung su lua dao cau vien canh sat nay. Toi tu choi khong di. ANh chang canh sat bo di. Toi ben muon xe taxi khac va noi ro noi toi muon di Ali sabet cach Djibouti 75km. Tat ca dieu dong y. Roi chung toi len xe. Anh tai xe nay di duoc 2kmn roi ghe vao tram xang va bat toi phai tra tien xang. Toi tu choi va yeu cau anh ta dua toi tro ve khach san.
Toi that chan nan dan tinh o day, khong trung hau ti nao mac dau diem sao la khong trom cap. Co le Thanh Mohamad day cho ho khong duoc trom cap nhung duoc quyen lau dao.
Toi quyet dinh khong di den Ali sabet nua de tranh nhut dauvoi tai xe taxi. Toi loi bo ra bien de boi. Toi muon lan dau tien duoc boi tren bien Red Sea o Africa. 2 tieng sau do toi ve khach san trong long mui tiec khong duoc di den Ali sabet vi noi day la trung tam dan Somalia de toi biet duoc nguoi Somalia nhu the nao ma ho da tao nen su kinh hoang tren the gioi voi nan cuop bien, bat coc nguoi de lay tien chuot ma ngay ca 2 nuoc ke ben la Ethiopia va Kenya cung phai goi quan qua Somalia de giup chanh quyen Somalia tieu diet quan phien loan Al-Shabaab ma van khong thanh cong. Khu Ali sabet nam canh Somalia va toi nhat dinh muon di den day de biet ve nuoc Somalia vi day la co hoi hiem co va toi co the khong co dip tro lai day
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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 ...more history
