Hargeisa

Ethiopian Airlines serves Hargeisa, Somaliland, from its hub at Addis Ababa, about an hour by Dash-8	Trygve and Karen joined me on this trip to Somaliland	Trygve and Karen Inda, from the DPRK trip	A young passenger and his mother headed for Hargeisa
Hargeisa Egal International Airport, Somaliland	Arrival Terminal, Hargeisa Airport	Republic of Somaliland - Ministry of Civil Aviation & Air Transport	Relic of British Somaliland - this building was opened by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in 1958
Mobile phone rates are very low in Somaliland, just 5 cents a minute internationally	Front side of the Arrival Terminal, Hargeisa Airport	Cigaal is the Somali spelling of Egal	Hargeisa Egal International Airport, named after Prime Minister of Somalia during the 1960s, later 2nd President of Somaliland
The Halo Trust Somaliland - Humanitarian Mine Clearance and Explosive Ordnance Disposal	A villa for a construction company covered with decorative tiles near Hargeisa Airport	Somalilanders hanging out at a street side café along Airport Road	Kaah Electrical Power Company and Salaam Security Guards & Logistics
Concern Worldwide Somaliland Programme Hargeisa Office	Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	Look closely...an ATM Machine...though I don't know if it works...	The bar of the Ambassador Hotel - unfortunately very dry. Coke $1.50
2nd floor social area, Ambassador Hotel	Suite at the Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	View from the Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	View of central Hargeisa from the Ambassador Hotel
View looking towards central Hargeisa from the Ambassador Hotel, located on the south side near the airport	Minarets stud the low-lying city	Upscale district on the south side of Hargeisa near the airport	Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa
Ambassador Hotel Hargeisa	Water tower at the Ambassador Hotel	Getting ready to mount up for departure to Laas Geel	Safeway Travel Tour & Cargo, Hargeisa
Safeway organized our vehicles and SPU (Special Protection Units) for our tour of Somaliland	Safeway Travel, Tours & Cargo office, Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa	Ethiopian's flights have moved from Berbera to Hargeisa	4x4 are practically a necessity in S.Land
Little tin shacks operating as grocers on the edge of Hargeisa	Villa of Somaliland Power Supply Company	New construction in arabesque style on the outskirts of Hargeisa	I wonder how much Italian is used in the rest of Somalia. English is the main language here, next to Somali
Woman in black passing a villa surrounded by a fancy wall on the edge of Hareisa	A mosque on the south side of Hargeisa	Villa with an artistic wall for rent, Hargeisa	Decorated home, Hargeisa
Walled villa with barbed wire, Hargeisa	Even in the capital, Hargeisa, there are traditionally built tent-like dwellings	Storefronts, Hargeisa	The outskirts of Hargeisa
Minaret of the Great Mosque	Dahabshiil, Somaliland's money transfer service, useful since Somaliland is cut off from the international banking system	Dahabshiil Office, Independence Avenue, central Hargeisa	Jubba Airways, the airline of Somalia
Central Hargeisa's commercial district runs east-west along Independence Avenue	Minaret in central Hargeisa, Independence Avenue	Minaret in central Hargeisa	Not exactly on the Tourist Trail, but they do have I Love Somaliland t-shirts
Samaale General Trading Co, Hargeisa	A 3rd aerial option - Hargeisa to Nairobi twice a week on SAX	Baanka Somaliland - Bank of Somaliland - Branch One, Hargeisa	The MiG Monument, Hargeisa
During the civil war, this Somali MiG crashed nearby after bombing Hargeisa	Perhaps one of the history of war's shortest bombing raids - from Hargeisa Airport to downtown Hargeisa	Blue rondel of the Air Force of the Democratic Republic of Somalia (Mogadishu)	The Soviet-equipped Air Force of Somalia had 9 MiG-17s like this one, and 3 of the more advanced MiG-21s
Somali Civil War - 1988 to 1991	Now, pigeons live on the cockpit of Hargeisa's MiG-17	Beneath the MiG, the Civil War Memorial depicts images of the horrors of conflict	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa
SNM - the Somali National Movement - was the key force in Somaliland leading to the reestablishment of independence	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa	Bank of Somaliland currency guidelines
Bank of Somaliland currency guidelines	Central Bank of Somaliland	Modern glass tower in the center of Hargeisa	Somaliland's Gandi Public Library, Hargeisa
The former British Somaliland Post Office, Hargeisa	British post box bearing the royal monogram of Queen Elizabeth II	Somaliland no longer has any functioning postal service	Somalilanders even lost the concept of postage stamp, having no idea what I was talking about when I was looking for one
P.O. Boxes at the British Post Office, Hargeisa	Abandoned interior of the Hargeisa Post Office	Call Academy, Hargeisa	Kulan Art Café, Hargeisa
Kulan Art Café, Hargeisa	Dinner with Will, Karen and Trygve at the Kulen Art Café, Hargeisa	Snake!	Somtel - one of the mobile phone providers serving Somaliland
The flag of Somaliland flying in front of the Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa	Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa	Ambassador Hotel, Hargeisa	SX-BHR, a Greek registered Air Méditerranée B737 arriving at Hargeisa
Advertisement for Ethiopian Airlines and Safeway Travel, Hargeisa	Somaliland Map Monument, Hargeisa	Somaliland Map Monument, Hargeisa	Caalami Schools ICT Department, Hargeisa
Janaale Restaurant prominently advertising camel meat, a common meal in Somaliland	Camels at the Hargeisa Livestock Market	High quality camels cost around $1000, the best perhaps as high as $1500	Hargeisa Livestock Market
Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market
Hargeisa Livestock Market	Sheep and goats are also found in large numbers	Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market
Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market	It seems like some people live on site at the Hargeisa Livestock Market	Sheep and goats tied to the goal post of the soccer pitch at the livestock market
Somali women, while fully covered, wear much more colorful garments than their Arabian neighbors	Hargeisa Livestock Market	Shelters like this are common throughout Somaliland	Shelters at the Hargeisa Livestock Market
Shelters at the Hargeisa Livestock Market	The cattle are kept separate from the camels, sheep and goats	Hargeisa Livestock Market	Hargeisa Livestock Market
Living at the Hargeisa Livestock Market	Kids peak out of a hut as my SPU poses for me	Bundles of charcoal	Bundles of charcoal
Hargeisa Livestock Market	Advertising for the New Hargeisa Hospital, among others	Petrol Station, Hargeisa	Mosque with a square minaret and adjacent dental clinic
A large group of women with water jugs, probably preparing to board the trucks	Most of Hargeisa is built on dirt roads	Daalo Shop & Booshari, Hargeisa	SBi - Somaliland Beverage Industries, makers of Coca-Cola in Hargeisa
Monumental arch at the bridge across Hargeisa's wadi	Hargeisa Bridge	Hargeisa Bridge - Equal Justice Under the Law	Ahmed Mohamed Said, inaugural mosque of the Arab community, Hargeisa
German Pharmacy, Hargeisa	Man polishing his decorated truck	Gandi Public Library, Hargeisa	Glass tower in the very center of Hargeisa, Independence Avenue
Monument Independence Avenue	Probably the future home of the Bank of Somaliland	Bank of Somaliland	Morning visit to the Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa
Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa	Civil War Memorial, Hargeisa
Bank of Somaliland, Branch One	Somaliland University of Technology - SUTECH	Minaret, Central Hargeisa	Baanka Dhexe ee Somaliland - Central Bank of Somaliland
A modern building and a paved street, the west end of Independence Avenue	Tank Monument, Hargeisa	Deero Mall, modern shopping in Hargeisa	Another place for Somaliland t-shirts
Qadan Hoodo, the shop in Deero Mall where we got that Somaliland t-shirt	Deero Mall, Hargeisa	Deero Mall, Hargeisa	Deero Mall, Hargeisa
I Love Somaliland	A small mosque in Hargeisa	A small mosque in Hargeisa	Somaliland National Human Rights Commission Celebration of Human Rights Day, 10 Dec 2013
Sign with prohibitions on hospital grounds - weapons, cigarettes, qat...but that thing on the left?	Women's Need Access to Justice - Somaliland Women Lawyers Association and UNDP	Hargeisa's only active church	ESOL Club English Language School, Hargeisa
Jamhuuriyadda (Repubic of) Somaliland Ministry of Finance	Ruins of Hargeisa's old Anglican Church, relic of British Somaliland, victim of war	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa
Interior of the Anglican Church ruins	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa
Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Anglican Church ruins, Hargeisa	Government of Somaliland - Parliament	Hargeisa Yellow Taxi, Independence Avenue
Somtel shop, Hargeisa	Hargeisa street life	Somaliland Restaurant, Hargeisa	Artan Hotel, Hargeisa
Universal Institute of Languages, Maths & Computer Study, Hargeisa	Painted shop front, Hargeisa	Entrance to the Tomb of Sheikh Madar, regarded as the founder of modern Hargeisa in the early 20th C.	Tomb of Sheikh Madar
Tomb of Sheikh Madar	Tomb of Sheikh Madar	Tomb of Sheikh Madar	Shiny new building in Hargeisa
Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal (Somali: Maxamed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal), 2nd President of Somaliland 1993-2002	Great Mosque of Hargeisa	Great Mosque of Hargeisa	Great Mosque of Hargeisa
Great Mosque of Hargeisa	Great Mosque of Hargeisa	Great Mosque of Hargeisa	Hargeisa Municipality
Hargeisa Municipality	Hargeisa Ice Cream Group - I don't see ice cream in the pictures of what they sell	Souq of Hargeisa, the market area south of Independence Avenue, to the east of the Civil War Memorial	Hargeisa Souq (Bazaar, Market)
Rock salt, Hargeisa Souq	SPU by the salt seller's stand	Merchant in the Hargeisa Souq	Mosque adjacent to the Hargeisa Souq
Hargeisa boys	Hargeisa boy	Hargeisa Souq	Hargeisa Souq
Hargeisa Souq	Surely the next fashion label to storm western capitals: Supersonic Top Man	Mosque near the Hargeisa souq	Darasalam Centre, Hargeisa
New Telesom highrise under construction, Hargeisa	New York Beauty Salon, Hargeisa	Qat stand - Qat (Chat/Cat) is the mild narcotic popular in Yemen and the Horn of Africa	Just East Restaurant, Hargeisa
Hargeisa Hilton, Somaliland	Some people may be disappointed checking into the Hargeisa Hilton	Mosque on the edge of Hargeisa	Gaaroodi Supermarket, Hargeisa
New villas, South Hargeisa	Upscale Somaliland villas have ornate stone and tile work	Adam's Inn Hotel, not far from the Ambassador	Villa in the high rent district of Hargeisa
Modern building in the Ambassador Hotel district near the airport	Restaurant near the Ambassador Hotel	Camel...it's what's for dinner	Villa with a colorful wall and gate for rent near Hargeisa Airport
Gate to Egal International Airport, Hargeisa, Somaliland	Cigaal - Egal International Airport, Hargeisa	Terminal building, Egal International Airport, Hargeisa