Hi Sean

I am really sorry about your bad experience in Berbera. Me I have no idea why anyone would visit such hellhole. I am somaliland born and bred and I only ever stayed in Berbera one night when I was waiting to collect stuff from the port. I went there on business couple other times and the best thing about both day trips was watching Berbera disappear into the distance as I ran out of there like bat out of hell.

Anyway the driver's behaviour has defintely something to do with the Khat. That sinister little narc has completely changed the very DNA of the people in less than 30 years. The nobility, humour, wisdom and pride they once used to have had vanshied because of this character altering nasty little drug. Imagine a nation of heroin addicts. That is what you are dealing with. I am absolutely certain that in my lifetime Somaliland will die a horrible stinking, green saliva-stained death.

Did you say you didnt see the lighthouse? at some point I was thinking of converting it into a restaurant complete with its own fishing co-operative and a pier. But only if someone moved Berbera out of the way first.

Try to enjoy the rest of your trip. But remember you are really dealing with a stoned nation.

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