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Travel Adventures Travel pictures and adventure in 11 stories from Eritrea can be accessed from this page. The images can be downloaded for personal use and sent as a postcard for free. Here, you can also find travel resources, links and useful information for Eritrea. You can book your hotel and order free brochures about Eritrea if you are planning to travel to Eritrea. Click on the thumbnails to read stories and see travel pictures. You can navigate Eritrea using Google Earth Book a hostel Book a budget room in one of the youth hostels in Eritrea Free brochures Order your free brochure with offers for travelling to Eritrea Other countries: Benin Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Kenya Mali Mauritius Morocco Namibia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zimbabwe Surprise trip Wonder where this is?	Eritrea A country with fabulous landscapes, sea, desert and spectacular highlands, an Italian flavour in the larger towns, welcoming and curious people. It is also still very much under construction after the wars in which it was involved and the traveler needs to organize many things himself. Stories and pictures Eritrean colours Maryam Dearit Asmara Architecture Eritrean Religions Eritrean people Dahlak archipelago Badda Dankalia Eritrean Markets Debre Bizen Hamm Basic information Capital: Asmara Population: 4.7mln Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant Languages: Afar, Arabic, Tigre, Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages Climate: Summer months (April to August) can be hot with temperatures reaching up to 40°C (100 ºF) on the western plateau. Although temperatures rarely drop below 18°C (64 ºF) along the coast, winters in the central and western plateau regions (December to February) can be freezing with dramatic temperature differences between day and night. The short rainy season is usually between March to April and a longer one from late June to the beginning of September. Currency: Nakfa (ERN) Source: CIA World Factbook More info Hide info Exact population: 4,786,994 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 58.6%; male: 69.9%; female: 47.6% Ethnicities: Ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3% Area: Total: 121,320 sq km; land: 121,320 sq km; water: 0 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 1,626 km; border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km Terrain: dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains Extremes: Lowest point: near Kulul within the Denakil depression -75 m; highest point: Soira 3,018 m Imports: Ireland 25.7%, US 17.9%, Italy 16%, Turkey 6.2% (2004) Exports: Malaysia 21.4%, Italy 13.7%, Eqypt 8.3%, India 7.8%, Japan 6.4%, Germany 5.3%, China 4.1%, UK 4% (2004) Industries: Food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles, salt, cement, commercial ship repair Source: CIA World Factbook Useful travel links: Currency exchange Many more links on Eritrea Lonely Planet Weather Travelogues for Eritrea Suggest a site Search Search pages at Traveladventures.org Go directly to: Africa Asia Central&South America Europe North America Oceania Travel pictures You can travel the world using images - select your preferred language below: [ \| \| \| \| \| ] Mailinglist If you want to be updated regularly about new stories and pictures: Google Earth Click your way around Eritrea with pictures (needs Google Earth software) Visual Geography Explore Eritrea and the world through flags, maps, money, and images; compare Eritrea to any other and test your knowledge at Visual Geography Eritrea Advertise It is possible to advertise on this travel site. Travel advertisers, ask for more information! Survey Is there a difference between a traveler and a tourist? Yes, clearly No, they are one and the same View Results If you have any travel related question which you would like to ask our public, please write to us!
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