If you would like to know which is Liz’s favourite anchorage, what superpower she has always wanted to have and where she would like to be right now, you’ll need to catch the video…
Sailors Interviews #07 | Liz Cleere Read Post »
Another image from the Red Sea. Sadla Island looking over to Merso Dudo.
Sunset Across Eritrea Read Post »
This is a mystical place in south Eritrea, taken from a desolate island called Sadla, which is surrounded by old volcanic hillocks as far as the eye can see. No one lives here except dolphins, turtles and bird of prey.
#PaintItSaturday – Mersa Dudo Read Post »
Asmara is the capital of Eritrea and sits above the clouds at the top of the mountains. Invariably it gets hot and by the end of the day the market traders and shoppers are exhausted.
Winner of The Times Weekend Travel weekly photo competition last year. Liz submitted this without me knowing and was the first photo comp I’d ever won.
Asmara Market, Eritrea Read Post »
Massawa has some stunning architecture left over from the Italians who ruled for many years. Thirty years ago it was the first town to be liberated from Ethiopia and so many of these beautiful buildings were shot to pieces. Eritrea is, according to the UN, the second poorest country in the world. The buildings may be fine examples of architecture from long ago but the local people do not have the money to renovate their homes. Once these buildings fall down, that’s it, they’ll be gone forever.
