Which order between Yem, Erit, Ethiop and Djib? | Ethiopia - Lonely Planet Forum

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Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:27 +0000

I posted this a short while ago, but just realized that it may be in the wrong place, and not (so) many people will see it. I have cut, and now paste it, here.

Hullo Raphi, especially, and others,

I am heading for Socotra for a week towards the end of May (visiting friends who are working there). I intend to travel around (mainland) Yemen for a week or so after that, and then move onto Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia (but not necessarily in the order). From reading Raphi's (and others') postings it seems that I had better not try to go from Ethiopia to Eritrea. Tourelle asks of another traveller (20/2/8)

From here (Tassy - a long way from anywhere!) the "best" order of travel is not obvious. Would people who are there, or know the area, like to suggest a suitable itinerary (well, order of countries/cities) for me which is possible and practical (and perhaps more economical in time and money) please?

Thanks in anticipation

Odontaspis

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:54:16 +0000

You cannot cross between Ethiopia and Eritrea, there are also no direct flights between both countries. Going overland from Djibouti to Eritrea is also not feasible.

Therefore I guess there are only two solutions:
a) fly from San'a to Asmara, then fly to Djibouti, and go to Ethiopia;

b) fly from San'a to Djibouti, or take a dhow from Moqa or Aden to Djibouti, take a return flight to Eritrea (or skip the country) and then head to Ethiopia

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Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:23:46 +0000

Thanks udo1 for the suggestions. I will now start looking for comments on those "legs" e.g dhow from Aden to Djibouti, cost/availability/frequency of flights from Djib to Asmara, versus Sana'a to Asmara, etc.

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Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:22:53 +0000

udo1 is correct.
I do not know how much time you have, but if it is weeks and not months, then I would like to recom to skip Eritrea this time.
Flights to Eritrea and back are really expensive and you will see a lot in the other countries (I spend there already months and still I have not seen all)

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