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In article , Hans-Georg
Michna writes One of the problems is insecurity, and that will be your biggest problem, I guess. Most urgently you need a safe place to stay, after you arrive. From what I hear you also need bodyguards to walk about. They are very cheap apparently. They have guns and act as a deterrent. I suggest you contact someone from Nairobi - stray a few days there and find out someone. -- JohnM Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul & Rainbow Diary: A Journey in the New South Africa http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm |
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In article , JohnM
writes stray a few days there That should have been 'stay' of course :-) I must have been thinking of bullets. -- JohnM Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul & Rainbow Diary: A Journey in the New South Africa http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm |
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Good health and high spirits!
If you want to know about a recent excursion in Somolia, follow the link below my signature. It's a travel site where people can post reports, pics, travel tips and such for free.. If you want to add alot of pics I think there is a price.. otherwise the site is free. once your there, check out this guys site http://www.globosapiens.net/wojtekd He's my hero!! this guy has traveled to just about every single country in the world..he travelled to Eritrea, Djibouti and Somolia in Nov. 2004. to find information on this go to his "travel log" then enter to pg. 10. here is an exerpt from it. "Poor, destroyed by civil war Somalia is divided now into 3 parts. The northern one - Somaliland is doing best. Very few people know how does it look like... I decided to go and see... Exciting adventure! Since Somaliland is not recognized as a state it has no embassies abroad. I got the scan of my visa via internet - it was arranged by Ambassador Hotel in Hargeisa - the capital city of Somaliland. After 45-min flight on a junk Il-18 plane I landed today in Somali. My first impessions: blue sky, dry heat, noisy crowd in the tiny airport terminal. Before you go to the immigrations you are forced to change in the bank window at least 50 USD on official rate (1USD=3500 Somaliland Shillings) minus commission. While the market rate is 6500!!! Then be prepared to pay 20 USD of immigration fee. Then you will get your stamp. Doors will open. You are in Somaliland. There must be a country like that! " his other website is http://kontynenty.tpi.pl this one lists all of his travels.. he's truely amazing. check it out, he can probably give you more answers to your questions. -- How funky are your chickens! LIFE IS AN ATTITUDE! http://www.globosapiens.net/ta-shy |
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:36:14 +0100, JohnM
wrote: In article , Hans-Georg Michna writes One of the problems is insecurity, and that will be your biggest problem, I guess. Most urgently you need a safe place to stay, after you arrive. From what I hear you also need bodyguards to walk about. They are very cheap apparently. They have guns and act as a deterrent. I suggest you contact someone from Nairobi - stray a few days there and find out someone. I think it may be wiser to use a bodyguard with local knowledge. Perhaps all you need is just a clever guide, rather than a bodyguard. But then I can't be sure, haven't been to Mogadishu. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Hans-Georg Michna wrote: On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:36:14 +0100, JohnM wrote: In article , Hans-Georg Michna writes One of the problems is insecurity, and that will be your biggest problem, I guess. Most urgently you need a safe place to stay, after you arrive. From what I hear you also need bodyguards to walk about. They are very cheap apparently. They have guns and act as a deterrent. I suggest you contact someone from Nairobi - stray a few days there and find out someone. I think it may be wiser to use a bodyguard with local knowledge. Perhaps all you need is just a clever guide, rather than a bodyguard. But then I can't be sure, haven't been to Mogadishu. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. Where is Somalia are you going? You can always catch a flight from Dubai. Somaliland is save. Dubai to Hargeisa is around $300. Good luck. |
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