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Lance Bean Travelogue: A visit to salt source Lance Bean is an Adair Countian working as a private contractor on public works in Djibouti, Africa, near the Suez canal. His National Geographic style photos posted last week proved quite popular. This week, he sends photos taken on a day trip across the desert, though mountainous terrain to the coastal salt flats. By Lance Bean, Djibouti, Africa CM Middle East Correspondent Saturday a few of us took an all day trip to travel to Lake Assai north of Djibouti. This lake was formed by a volcano eruption and is the 4th lowest place on earth. Local tribes mine salt here for trade at the Red Sea ports. In the first 3 pictures we are traveling across the desert and through the mountains. The people who live here are of the Afar tribe.Their homes are made of stone. I was told it was for protection from the wild dogs and hyenas that attack their goats herds. Most of this area is recovering from 5 years of tribal wars which finally ended in 1999. The area is being rebuilt with aid from the UN and World Bank. The last pictures I am sending are at Lake Assai salt flats where the temperature was in about 90 degree F range, for the high. It is very breezy. I am standing with a local salt trader in the photo. Take care and God bless you, To write to the author: Lance Bean, PAE Lockheed Martin, Camp LeMonier, FPO AE 09363 9998 Related: A Blue Waters Rally with account of voyage from Sri Lanka to Djibouti, with threat of piracy and with stops ashore and another visit to Lake Assai. This story was posted on 2008-01-21 01:49:42
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