Camel Safari

Last week we went to Dhikil, Djibouti to escort some media to a Navy Seabee project. That's the furthest I've made it away from camp to date. It took about 2 hours to get there. As civilization petered out, we started to see random people seemingly in the middle of nowhere. There were also random groups of animals meandering about the rocky terrain; Camels, goats, and burrows. One group in particular was wondering around the middle of the road.

The project we went to see was a dormitory for boys and girls that come into town from wherever and go to school in Dhikil. The students usually stay with relatives or anyone who will take care of them for the school year putting a burden on the already stretched villagers.


(Here's a picture I took of a local girl who climbed the fence to the school yard next door and was watching the building project. I gave her a much appreciated bottle of water. )

Appreciating the U.S. more every day,

Marty