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Djibouti

Country number:
168
Territory number:
208
*I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn’t really begun yet – or perhaps it’s already over. There’s something in the landscape that’s stronger than human civilisation. There’s no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes."
Claire Denis
Sunset over the A view across the geothermal chimneys of Lac Abbe, Djibouti
Sue on the flats at at Lac Abbe, the chimneys visible on the horizon
Blue fishing boats in the sea near Sable Blanc Djibouti
Gorgeously coloured reef fish at Sable Blanc
A small camel train - three camels and two drivers with canes in the desert in Djibouti
Blue sea, lava flow and volcanic cones framed by mountains

Tales from Djibouti

Touring Djibouti - Walking on the Moon - Horn of Africa Part 5

Lac Abbe - thousands of geothermal limestone chimneys, up to fifty metres high, belching sulphur into the sky.
Lac Abbe - thousands of geothermal limestone chimneys, up to fifty metres high, belching sulphur into the sky.
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Djibouti City - Horn of Africa Part 4

Djibouti city is a charming mélange of fading Arabic architecture, or a hotchpotch of crumbling ramshackle buildings, depending on your mood..
Djibouti city is a charming mélange of fading Arabic architecture, or a hotchpotch of crumbling ramshackle buildings, depending on your mood..
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Djibouti - in a Nutshell

Wikipedia describes Djibouti as a’ unitary dominant presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship’. There’s one TV channel - state run.
Wikipedia describes Djibouti as a’ unitary dominant presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship’. There’s one TV channel - state run.
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