Eritrea: Images by Lincoln

Eritrean

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Haile Selassie's Gate

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Asmara

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Asmara Women

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]]>There is a strong muslim influence in Eritrea as can be seen here by the robes and head covering

Ladies Walking

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]]>This is a typical scene of ladies walking with parasol. You can see the grooming style where the hair is tightly braided about the skull and the tail end allowed to jut out the back. Also it is very typical for the babies to have their hair shaved with only a small tuft left on top of their head

Mother and Daughter

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]]>These Asmara urbanites might be a shopkeepers family. You can see the typical Eritrean dress mixed with the western style high heels and teased hairdo.

Kagnew Station

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Asmara Church

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Asmara Pilgrims

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Goat Herder

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Camel Caravan

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]]>Eritreans often used camels to move grain from the inaccessible backcountry areas.

Oxen Team

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Plow Team

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]]>Preparing the soil with the new rains

Before Rain

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After Rain

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Family Gathering Teff

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]]>This family is harvesting their small plot and cut the staple teff grain with a small sickle

Threshing

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]]>Eritreans thresh their staple grain(Teff) by circling several oxen over the dried crop.

Plow Teams

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Harvest Below

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]]>Oxen will go anywhere and they have set up a small threshing clearing on side of the mountain

Rock Mound

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Flowers

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Private Smith

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Church built by Convicts

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]]>This tiny little church would probably not hold more than 20 people and was built by convicts.

Mountain Village

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Playing Soccer

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]]>If you throw a ball to one of these lads, they will only return it with their feet! :-)

Road to Ghinda

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Baobab Tree

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]]>These trees are so unique and long lived! It makes you think you are on the froth of the waves of life!

Candelabra Cactus

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Curvy Road

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City of Karen

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]]>A wedding procession was coming up the main street as I arrived.

Eritrean

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Funeral Pyre

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Road along river

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Mountain View

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Hotel

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Decamere Building

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Building Detail

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Elebaret Orange Orchards

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Hebo Mission

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]]>The Hebo Mission is an italian mission with and orphanage. Padre Teta was the administrator when I visited there in the mid 1960's

Hebo Mission Group

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Hebo Orphanage

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]]>This image was captured in the mid 1960's, you have to wonder what happen to these little orphans.

Padre Teta and Guests

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Path to Bizen Monastery

lincoln@imagesbylincoln.com (Images by Lincoln) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:19:23 GMT

]]>Bizen Monastary sits on a small mountain peak on the road from Asmara to Massawa. No women are allowed in the monastary.

Monastery Village

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]]>The small village of the monastary is a collection of stone buildings arranged pel mel on top of the mountain.

Bell House

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Bizen Bell

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Monk

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View from Monastary

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Grass Roof

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]]>This is a typical rural house with grass roof and large wood poles holding up the eaves

Pouring Clouds

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]]>This is a typical evening scene as the lowland clouds fill the canyons below the high Eritrean Plateau

Mountain Clouds

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Road to Massawa

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Camel Train

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Mountainside

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]]>Can you see the little village?

Ghinda

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Railroad Curve

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]]>Riding the narrow gauge railway between Asmara and Massawa could be a scary experience! Can you imagine the old train rattling along this track, careening from side to side with a sheer drop off on the side for hundreds of feet! The locals all crowded on the train with goats and chickens.

Heavy Load

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]]>Large camels are capable of carrying enormous loads. These camels are probably carrying 400# or 500# loads!

Massawa Port

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Massawa Rooftops

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Massawa Docks

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Green Island

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Red Sea Dhow

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Manta Ray

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Railroad Shack

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Massawa Train

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Ship Offloading

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Axum Sunset

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Axum Sunset

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Lasting Friends

lincoln@imagesbylincoln.com (Images by Lincoln) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:02:23 GMT

]]>Hoddy and I shared some good times together. This is how we looked in our prime.