From the Ambassador Hotel, we drove around the edge of Hargeisa, avoiding the traffic of the city centre |
Goats and plastic coated thorn bushes, Hargeisa |
Leaving Hargeisa to the north along National Highway 1, you pass Naasa Hablood, Virgin's Breat Mountains |
The outskirts of Hargeisa |
Parts of Somaliland are surprisingly green |
Gas station along Somaliland Highway 1 on the edge of Hargeisa |
Stocking up on supplies on the edge of town |
Maaxda and Saxansax bottled water, Somaliland |
Market shacks along National Highway 1 on the edge of Hargeisa |
Ethiopia Fast shop stall across from the gas station |
Safari Motors Car Sales & Rent, Somaliland |
Tents on the edge of Hargeisa |
Nabad & Caano Restaurant, Highway 1 leaving Hargeisa |
Shacks, Somaliland |
Colorfully painted tin shack, Shibinsheko Zaad |
Large tin shack painted in the colours of the Indian flag |
Virgin's Breat Mountains - Naasa Hablood, Somaliland |
Shop shacks along National Highway 1 north of Hargeisa |
Somali women using old tires as seats |
Qoobay Restaurant |
Tin shacks, Somaliland |
HIV AIDS poster - Xuska Maalinta, Somaliland |
Camel grazing along Somaliland National Highway 1 |
Termite mound, Somaliland |
Termite mound, Somaliland |
Termite mound, Somaliland |
Our host |
Karen and Trygve |
Foreigners traveling in Somaliland require "SPUs" - Special Protection Units |
An SPU armed with an AK-47, Somaliland |
Much of Somaliland Highway 1 is in a poor state of repair |
M&M (Miyi & Magaalo) Resort and Park, Somaliland |
Liban Boarding School, Somaliland Highway 1 |
House front a little reminiscent of the Old West |
Stall selling Chat (Qat), a popular mild narcotic chewed by Somalis and Yemenis |
A small roadside mosque |
Sturdy little house with a decorated façade |
Small hill along National Highway 1, Somaliland |
Al Najax Restuarent, Somaliland |
Village mosque of one of the small roadside settlements along Somaliland Highway 1 |
Bundles of charcoal for sale |
Hill near the turnoff for Laas Geel (see next gallery) |
Warthog, Somaliland |
As they are not halal, the locals leave the warthogs alone |
Warthogs just off Somaliland Highway 1 |
Warthogs, Somaliland |
Warthog on a small embankment along the road |
Dahabshiil, money transfer service that operates in place of banks in Somaliland - Daarbuduq |
Crossing a river at Daarbuduq, around half way between Hargeisa and Berbera |
Somaliland Highway 1 near Daarbuduq, half way between Hargeisa and Berbera |
Somaliland World War II monument near Daarbuduq |
"Perhaps the least visited World War II monument in the world", Somaliland |
Somali landscape around Daarbuduq |
Mountains between Hargeisa and Berbera |
A particularly lush, green area of Somaliland |
Mountains of Somaliland between Hargeisa and Berbera |
Mountains of Somaliland between Hargeisa and Berbera |
The mountains of Somaliland give way to a flat plain as you near the coast at Berbera |
The mountains of Somaliland give way to a flat plain as you near the coast at Berbera |
House in a village outside Berbera |
Village mosque outside Berbera |
Landscape of northern Somaliland near Berbera |
Crossing a broad dry riverbed |
Telesom welcomes you to Xamaas, 40 km outside Berbera |
House with painting supporting candidate 210 |
Village by the last koppie (hill) before Berbera |
House along highway 1 outside Berbera |
The last koppie before Berbera along Highway 1 |
Koppie is a South African word for a small rocky hill rising out of a generally flat area |
The last terrain before the flats that slope gently down to the sea at Berbera |
Looking back at the Somaliland hills |
Poor settlement on the flats outside Berbera |
Sandy flats outside Berbera with the mountains in the distance |
Somtel welcomes you to Berbera City |
...and departing Berbera for the return trip to Hargeisa |
Berbera to Hargeisa is around 3 hours without stops |
Dwelling set up with thorn bushes for walls beneath a shady tree |
Crossing a narrow wadi near Berbera |
Somaliland Highway 1 crossing a broad wadi which looks like it washes over the road with every big rain |
Koppie south of Berbera |
Koppie south of Berbera |
Open Air Mosque |
Xamaas, Somaliland |
Xamaas, Somaliland |
Xamaas, Somaliland |
Decorated truck coming down Highway 1 from Hargeisa |
Road construction - slowly repairing Somaliland Highway 1 |
Riverbed with a trickle of water and a water tower |
Chinese facility in Daarbuduq, Somaliland, not far from the World War II monument |
Some water crossing National Highway 1 at Daarbuduq |
Central Somaliland |
Somaliland National Highway 1 between Berbera and Hargeisa |
Somaliland National Highway 1 between Berbera and Hargeisa |
Auto imports from Dubai to Somaliland |
Somaliland National Highway 1 beyond the halfway point from Berbera and Hargeisa |
Somaliland scenery |
Somaliland scenery |
Mining operation, Somaliland |
Colorful house with decorations including the Somaliland flag |
The twin peaks of Naasa Hablood come into sight as National Highway 1 nears Hargeisa |
Camels grazing on grass, Somaliland |
Camels grazing in green fields near Hargeisa |
SUTECH - Somaliland University of Technology |
Construction of a grand domed building on the edge of Hargeisa |
Haah Business Center and Petrol Station |
Construction along Highway 1 outside Hargeisa |
UNICEF World Toilet Day, 19 November 2013 - Somaliland |