Rachel's Visit

As I mentioned before, Rachel came to visit for New Year. Here's some of her photos:

About to sample her first Injera !

Rach sees the tougher side of VSO

The queue for the bus (Asmara)

Authorised for travel (Tickets inspected, we get a red stripe on the thumb as confirmation)

Arranging the "bedroom" - Massawa

Supper - Massawa, New Year's Eve 2008

Jan 1st 2009 - Massawa

Tribesman and Camel

Rachel, with ruins of Haile Selassie's palace in background

Me, outside a (um) Wonderful shop

Coming towards Massawa

Massawa

The hardware store

Shop

Weaver (well you can see that!)

At my desk in work

Picnic in the mountains

Inside my compound on washing day

Mix it, ferment it and, yes - drink it!

The Nakfa tree is so called because it appears on the currency (Nakfa).

Rach and me on my bike close to the Nakfa tree.

"And we have this in your size..."

At the top of the bell tower, Asmara Cathedral

Rachel nearly gets to church

Green Island

Just before Christmas, my friends and I took a trip to Green Island, which is a wonderfully unspoilt island just off the coast at Massawa. We hired a small boat and headed off for a day of sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling - beautiful.


On the boat.
The ruins of Haillie Selassi's palace in Massawa, seen from the boat.
Shelter from the sun
Stones and Shells
The Pier
Evening