Our trip to Eritrea gets to a bad start, but it was hard not to get charmed by the city’s architecture and friendly people.

Food, shisha smoking, shopping malls, with a few sites mixed in between.

Summary of expenses, my favorite pictures, why and where I went, and how it is to backpack is this country filled with friendly locals.

After a couple of days in Hargeisa we hired a 4×4 with a driver and armed escort, and set out to explore a bit the rest of the Somaliland.

Our two-day road trip (with armed escort included) starts off with a visit to these very well preserved ancient wall paintings.