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December 9th 2011

Published: December 16th 2011

You scratch another flea byte as you head deeper into the Danakil Depression. As the temperature exceeds 47°c sweat pores down your face saturating you stinking clothes. Choking on toxic fumes you study the alien landscape while you pass turquoise lakes and blinding white salt pans. For a moment you feel a sense of vulnerability as your mind drifts back to the 2007 kidnappings. Losing your concen... Read Full Entry

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Darren

FreeSpirit

"Darren has a desire to learn, but not just from books, he wants to touch, smell, taste, hear and see the world. He loves interacting with people from different backgrounds and cultures and likes the challenge of getting to remote and unusual places. He is an outgoing and confident traveler that is always looking to take a step beyond the norm, often leaving him to face bizarre and unusual situations. Darren's blog has proven to be a big hit on the Internet and many people have requested that he write a book about the places he has visited together with the bizarre and unusual situations th... full info

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16th December 2011

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

FANTASTIC...AND I MISSED OUT...BOO HOO HOO
If I had another couple of weeks available I would have joined my friends to Danakil in Jan 2011...oooh...you show what I missed...thanks heaps...and I missed out...staggering pics and commentary.

20th December 2011

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This blog is a 2011 TravelBlog favourite!
Check this out, and feel free to add some 2011 TravelBlog favourite anythings of your own. :) http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/30521-1.html

20th December 2011

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Amazing pictures
Mate, your photos are something else!

20th January 2012

The Travel Camel
Shane Dallas

Wonderful Blog
Like Dave, this was one area in Ethiopia that I did not see during my three visits to the country, but it would certainly be on my list if I was to return. Thanks for posting such an engrossing story with equally impressive pictures.

20th January 2012

FreeSpirit
Darren

Travel Camel
Travel Camel - Thanks for the message. I often read your blogs too!

24th February 2012

TESFAY HILUF
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Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors

24th February 2012

FreeSpirit
Darren

Tesfay - that is correct! and I couldn't have written that better myself about one of the most interesting and stunning African countries. Thanks for reading.

22nd April 2013

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united nations interpreter
It's HANDSOME GUYS YOU LUCKY

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