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February 18, 2017November 26, 2018

Caves, Canyons, And Ruins of Qohaito

This post is part of a series called Horn of Africa 2016
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  • Being a Celebrity in Hargeisa, Somaliland
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  • In Review: 5 Days of Backpacking in Somaliland
  • Taking 13 Flights in 20 Days
  • Asmara, And First Impressions of Eritrea
  • Churches and Cemeteries in Asmara
  • Massawa, And Testing The Limits of My Patience
  • Caves, Canyons, And Ruins of Qohaito
  • Riding a Historic Train in Asmara
  • In Review: 7 Days of Traveling in Eritrea

After I considered buying a plane ticket and leaving the tour group (and Eritrea) early, things started to improve once we returned to Asmara. We actually started to do stuff instead of just waiting for things and drinking beer all the time.

We made a long drive to Qohaito,where we saw some amazing canyons and did a short hike to the Adi Alauti Cave, with its very nice wall paintings from around 5000 BC. There was also old tomb and some surviving columns of an ancient ruined structure.

Canyons of Qohaito, Eritrea
Canyons of Qohaito, Eritrea
Canyons of Qohaito, Eritrea
Ruins at Qohaito, Eritrea
Ruins at Qohaito, Eritrea
Hike to Adi Alauti Cave, Qohaito, Eritrea
Hike to Adi Alauti Cave, Qohaito, Eritrea
Adi Alauti Cave, Qohaito, Eritrea
Adi Alauti Cave, Qohaito, Eritrea
Local kids, Qohaito, Eritrea
A local girl, Qohaito, Eritrea

On the way back we stopped by a small nearby town of Adi Keyh for lunch before making our way back to Asmara again.

Adi Keyh, Eritrea
Locals kids, Adi Keyh, Eritrea
Locals kids, Adi Keyh, Eritrea
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Comments (2)

  • Natnael Solomon November 26, 2018 at 9:42 am Reply

    Hello, beautiful blog and beautiful photos ! However, i noticed a mistake on this page and that is the caption of a couple of photos – it’s written ” Qohaito, Somalia ” instead of “Qohaito, Eritrea” .

    • Kevin November 26, 2018 at 1:20 pm

      Thanks for your kind words and for catching the mistake. I’ve fix the captions for those photos.

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