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Djibouti

Intense heat and strong winds fuel rapid evaporation, leaving a bathtub ring of minerals around the lakes shore.

An Afar hut by the lake

Mosque in the background with next to nothing living conditions in the foreground. What a contrast.

Afar village

Tadjourah City is one of two ports in the northern part of the country. Administrative and customary center Tadjourah is also an important trading center. The small city also plays an important role in the political stability of Djibouti.

Due to its many whitewashed buildings and structures, Tadjourah is known as the White City

French is the spoken language

Most people in the wider region are involved in marine commerce, including a large number of fishermen. The region has sandy beaches, tourism and trade. It exports salts from deposits around Lake Assal, one of the country's main natural resources.

We arrived at Sable Blanc, a short distance from Tadjourah City just before sunset. We had a long day beginning with a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and then a long drive from Djibouti City.

The main purpose of Sable blanc is, obviously, to wind down, to relax on the sand and in the waters of the Gulf of Tadjourah, to snorkel, and to just take a book and read in the sun. Some light breeze even makes the temperature bearable.

We arrived at the small hotel just as the sun was setting. Unfortunatly the reservations were not secured right for the group. We were short several rooms. We all ended doubling into rooms or sleeping on the beach for the night.

Beautiful sunset and the water was warm for an evening swim.

Our drivers and staff with us trying to solve a problem. The food surprisingly was quite good, local dishes.

Hidden from the main land by a small mountain range, the beach stretches out along the coast, on one side, a rocky outcrop of the mainland protects the bay against the open sea, the color of the sea is turquoise, and a little further on, there are some smaller beaches as well.

Looking back down the dirt road at the small Sable Blanc where we had spent the night..

Looking across the bare country side to the coast back to Tadjourah.

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