| Page Views: 45,873 Last Visit to Somalia: 1993 | Elmsaafir's Somalia Page by Elmsaafir - last update: Jun 6, 2003 |
Spent three months here as part of Operation Restore Hope. Got in Christmas Eve morning after a 3 day flight, landing in the souther port city of Kismayu. Sang Christmas carols with Belgian paratroopers.
We secured the Juba river valley from Kismayu up to Jilib. Lived in an old Chinese Rice farm. Our unit didn't see much action...just a few sniping incidents that were responded to with appropriate force. We were fortunately in an area that hadn't been hit as hard by the famine, and were there at a time when they still "liked" us. Bottom line, we came home with everyone we went with, and that's good.
But, that being said, this picture is why we went... |
We were primarily working in the south of the country, in and around Kismayu. After a few weeks in country, we moved north to Jilib, about 60 miles away. |  | |
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| Pros: | "Beautiful country, amazing experience" | | Cons: | "Lawless, chaotic, and unfortunately seemingly hopeless" | | In A Nutshell: | "Give it some thought before going..." |
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Bashir2005 Fri May 18, 2007 22:56 UTC
Dear Elmsaafir, I really enjoyed your story about the the cooking fire. I nearly fall off my chair. Maaaaaaaaaaaaan, you made my day. | Knuppel Tue Feb 6, 2007 21:49 UTC
-RESPONSE TO CRITICISM- this smells like patriotism. | Sue08080 Thu Jun 8, 2006 04:42 UTC
A most interesting page, Dave. Thanks for your service. | Sininen Wed Jun 7, 2006 16:57 UTC
Dave - great and informative page of an interesting country. You didn't manage to put me off from going there, though I am not going in a hurry. Happy birthday from Finland! |
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