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Djibouti

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In a few million years, the Indian Ocean will break through the coastal highlands and flood the Afar Depression, creating a new ocean and making the Horn of Africa a large island.
The mud chimneys are really beautiful when you look closely at them
The nearest town lies 200 km away, 120 miles, but there is a small settlement established by the Afar people near the lake's shore. Aside from the Afar shepherds who brings their herds of sheep or donkeys to feed, the only inhabitants of this lake are pink Flamingos
Young Afar looking for customers to buy their handiwork.
When walking across this moonscape you have to be very careful not to step into an area that has boiling hot water underneath.
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Breakfast and dinner area
Wait staff with Carol Ann and a fellow tourist from Australia
View across the moonscape as we are leaving.
Back on the none existent road to adventure
After early morning breakfast we departed Lake Abbe area with the ultimate goal of the border between Ethiopia and Djibouti. Then driving onto Dire Dawa in Ethiopia. We had no idea that the trip would take almost 16 hours over some of the worst terrain that anyone would ever want to drive on. We forded streams numerous times, drove in dry river beds. We shuttled between an unforgiving frontier between the two countries where we had to exchange vehicles. All of our luggage was inspected closely. After clearing customs in the middle of no where we were allowed to proceed onto Ethiopia.
Sure not like the highways in Southern California.
We meet another traveler along the trip.
More car trouble. This time a flat tire.
We come across another Afar village.
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The Afar also known as the Danakil, Adali and Odali, are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. They primarily live in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in northern Djibouti, although some also inhabit the southern point of Eritrea. Afars speak the Afar language
School was just breaking for lunch in a nearby larger village at noon as we passed through it.
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