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Sheekh (Sheikh) is a town in the mountains around 65 km south of Berbera |
Our guide was unfamiliar with Sheikh so we stopped at the Technical Veterinary School and two students offered show us the town |
Tin shack in front of the primary school, Sheekh |
Map showing the districts of Somaliland |
"Somaliland" written in Arabic script |
Somaliland flags painted on a wall in Sheekh |
18 May, Somaliland's Independence Day (1991) |
Ruins of a stone building, Sheekh |
SOS Children's Village Hermann Gemeiner Secondary School, Sheikh |
School Website |
Flag of Somaliland at the SOS Secondary School |
The school was founded by the British colonial administration in 1959 as a modern boarding school |
The town's elevation of 4700' gives it a cooler and wetter climate than the hot dry coast |
The school was abandoned and looted during the Civil War |
SOS Children's Villages restored the school which reopened in 2003 |
The school houses dormitories for the students |
SOS Hermann Gemeiner Sheikh Secondary School |
One of the classrooms |
Chemistry lab |
Tower staircase |
Going up for a view |
Flag of Somaliland |
SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School takes 60 new students per year, both boys and girls |
Karen with our volunteer guides from the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School |
A very bizarre plant with a large soft wide base |
Pondering the strange tree |
Acacia tree, Sheekh - Somaliland |
Ruins of the stone fort at Sheekh |
One source says the fort was built in the 1850s by a local religious order |
Another source says the British used the stone fort at Sheekh as a prison |
Ruins of the stone fort at Sheikh, Somaliland |
Ruins of the stone fort at Sheikh, Somaliland |
A pile of rocks near the old stone fort, Sheekh |
Fardowsa Archaeological Site - Sheikh, Somaliland |
The Fardowsa Archaeological site sits a short walk off the main road through Sheikh |
The town of Sheikh abuts the archaeological site |
Interesting vegetation of the Somali highlands at Sheikh |
Prickly pear cactus, Sheikh |
Scant remains of an early Islamic village 400-800 years old, Fardowsa Archaeological site |
Try to ignore the local's garbage dump at the Fardowsa Archaeological site |
Fardowsa Archaeological Site |
There is very little to see other than rocks strewn about the site |
Fardowsa Archaeological site |
Houses on the edge of Sheikh, Somaliland |
Walking back to the main road from the archaeological site passing by the dump |
Karen, our local student-guides, security, and the not-very-good translator |
Visit to Sheikh |
Adequate rainfall makes Sheikh rather green |
Fatooh Hospital, Sheikh |
Dawaare Hotel, Sheikh |
Election advertising - vote number 309 |
House with painted doors and shutters, Sheikh |
The potholed road leading from Sheikh to Burao |
Our local guides brought us out of town to spot the local wildlife |
Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), a tiny antelope found in the Horn of Africa |
I believe it is the Phillips subspecies of Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltine phillipsi), Somaliland |
Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), Somaliland |
Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana), Somaliland |
Colorfully dressed group of Somali women by the roadside in Sheikh |
Rayiislaha Somaliland - We are Somaliland |
Small shop on a side street in Sheikh |
A short exploration of the town of Sheikh |
Somali girls on the way home from school |
Somali girls on the way home from school |
House with a decorative façade, Sheikh |
Mosque of Sheikh with a pair of minarets |
Sheikh Mosque, Somaliland |
Leaving town on the road back to Berbera |
Last stop, back at the IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School and Reference Centre |
Logo of the Veterinary School is based on the prehistoric cave paintings found in Somaliland |
Camel browsing by the gate of the Veterinary School |
Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
Office of one of our guides, president of the Sheikh Students Association |
Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
Food Hygiene Laboratory funded by the Government of Japan |
Food Hygiene Laboratory of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, launched in 2012 |
Logo of the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School, Somaliland |
It's getting late and we want to be back in Berbera before it's dark |
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Guest | 15-Jun-2020 08:37 | |