Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia
Little known to the outside world, Somaliland has much to offer the truly intrepid traveller. This pioneering guidebook introduces one of the world's least chartered travel destinations. Author Philip Briggs covers everything from the low-key capital Hargeisa and mediaeval port of Berbera to peerless rock art sites such as Las Geel, and the scenery and wildlife of the Daallo Escarpment, towering 2,000m high above the pristine reefs of the Gulf of Aden. Somaliland's ruined cities and historical ports date back 5,000 years and have links with ancient Egypt and Axum in northern Ethiopia, as well as the Ottoman and British Empires. This guide offers background and practical information to every accessible corner of the country with the only real maps in existence of its capital and other large towns, and a section on wildlife.
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Contents
Background Information
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3 |
Natural History
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33 |
Practical Information
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47 |
Health
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65 |
Hargeisa
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78 |
Las Geel and the Berbera Road
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97 |
Berbera and Surrounds
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104 |
Sheikh and Burao
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117 |
Common terms and phrases
Addis Ababa Airlines airport Amoud ancient antelope Arabian Aw-Barkadle Axumite Berbera birds Borama border Bradt British Burao Café camels capital central century clan common Daallo Forest Dahabshiil Dire Dawa Djibouti east eastern Ethiopia Embassy endemic Erigavo Eritrea escarpment Ethiopia flights frankincense Geel Gulf of Aden Harar Hargeisa Horn of Africa hyena important Independence Avenue Isaq Islamic Jijiga Kenya khat Libah main road malaria mammals Man-soor Hotel marine Maydh Minibus Mogadishu mosque National northern Oromo Ottoman overland passport police population port present-day public transport Punt Puntland range Red Sea restaurant roadblocks rock art rooms route ruins Sanaag sgl/dbl shared showers shared taxi Sheikh Shimbiris Siad Barre Somali coast Somali region Somaliland shillings southern species SPU protection station taxi park Telesom tourist town centre trade trip upmarket visa visitors Wajaale West of Hargeisa wildlife Zeila