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Real Name: Laszlo
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Off The Beaten Path: Roaming the backstreets
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  • Written by hunwagner on Mar 31, 2005
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    • Asmara is an excellent place to wander around aimlessly. The area south of Harnet Avenue was the old European quarter, and is particularly likely to reward walkers with pleasant vistas of quiant streets and fine old residential buildings.

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    Off The Beaten Path: Look, WHAT else is roaming the backstreets...
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    • If the architecture alone isn't enough to remind you of old Italy, there are the cars, too!
    Cute oldies like this little Fiat 600 are still proudly roaming the streets of Asmara.

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    Off The Beaten Path: Watch out for the details!
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    • Some old houses, like this one, are decorated with beautiful murals, ironworak, and mansonry. If you keep your eyes open, you will find plenty of interesting buildings not listed in guidebooks.

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    Off The Beaten Path: Art of a different sort
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    • Revolutionary-style murals are also a feature of Asmara, fortunately not obscuring the more tasteful art. They depict typically socialist themes like heroic freedom fighters, rural folks being uplifted from their misery and the like. Their style reflects the style of the current governance of the country better than all the colonial beauties...

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    Off The Beaten Path: Sandals monument
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  • Written by hunwagner on Apr 15, 2005
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    • Another bizarre sight along the same lines is this giant statue of a pair of sandals in the middle of a major crossroads.
    These sandals were worn by the Eritrean freedom fighters, and are still very common among the poor.
    Appearently there is a tradition in Eritrea of keeping the shoes of the dead to remind the living of them, and this monument commemorates those killed in the fighting in that tradition.

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    alycat Thu May 8, 2008 10:31 UTC
     Fascinating page..gr8 insight into Africa!    		TheWanderingCamel Sat Feb 10, 2007 06:39 UTC
     Asmara has had a fascination for me for a long time now. Some of this I'd heard of, some is new - all is interesting. The sandals monument is great. Thanks leyle
    mirko77 Sun Nov 12, 2006 15:31 UTC
     Great pages Laszlo! you where right: It's fantastic!! Thanx for the tip!    		iandsmith Sat Jul 8, 2006 22:45 UTC
     Interesting insights into a different culture.
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