I spent the past three weeks visiting the lowest point in Africa at Lake Assal in Djibouti, wandering the streets of Somalia’s war-torn capital Mogadishu, hiking Erta Ale in the hottest inhabited place on Earth (the Danakil Depression), feeding hyenas with my mouth in Ethiopia, and visiting the self-declared state of Somaliland. I found it…
It was “Day 10” of Untamed Borders’ Horn of Africa – Ethiopia and Somaliland itinerary. I spent the past two days mouth-feeding hyenas in the ancient city of Harar [see post: Mouth-Feeding Hyenas in Harar]. After a morning of driving, the group and I arrived at the Ethiopia-Somaliland border and crossed into one of the…
It was “Day 8” of Untamed Borders’ Horn of Africa – Ethiopia and Somaliland itinerary. I spent the past three days discovering Ethiopia’s famous Tigray Region [see post: Ancient Africa: Mek’ele to Axum]. After a flight from Axum to Dire Dawa via Addis Ababa, the group and I met our new guide and driver and…
Do you realize how insignificant you are? You are just one person. Living in one country. On one planet. In one Solar System. In one galaxy – in a universe of billions of them. Around for only a short while. Whether you live to be 50 or even 100 years old, when you take everything…
After spending 48 hours in Somalia’s war-torn capital, Mogadishu [see post: 48 Hours in Mogadishu], I was off to Addis Ababa via Nairobi to pick up a visa and meet the rest of the Untamed Borders group. I arrived at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in the evening of Monday, April 2, 2018. Although tourist…
