Two women walk beside the L'Elixir perfumery. |
Three women at the door of the shop. |
Lovely woman greets me. |
Vendors are hiding from me with the smiles on their faces. |
Lonely tree in a brick-colored desert. |
Children playing soccer. |
One of the villages on our way to the lake. |
You can notice the Djibouti map on the wall of shop. |
Mountainous landscape. |
Lake Ghoubet. |
Blue water of lake Ghoubet. |
Lake Ghoubet is surrounded by mountains. |
Geographic coordinates of lake Ghoubet are 11°31'42.0''N 42°36'12.0''E. |
I'm on a background of lake Ghoubet. |
View on lake Ghoubet in the direction of the Gulf of Tadjoura. |
Memorial tablet is dedicated to Bernard Borel. |
Two islands. |
Marvellous landscape of lake Ghoubet. |
Devil's islands in lake Ghoubet with magnification. |
Viewing platform of lake Ghoubet has a small gift shop on the open air. |
This photograph of Lake Assal was made while driving a car. |
Do you see Lake Assal in the distance? |
This good village with kind people is located near Lake Assal. |
Children of the village greet me. |
Little girl is waving to me standing on the tire. |
Village house built from a system of metal plates. |
Lake Assal is a crater lake in central-western Djibouti. |
Lake Assal is located at the western end of Gulf of Tadjoura. |
Lake Assal is a saline lake which lies 155 m (509 ft) below sea level in the Afar Triangle. |
Lake Assal is the most saline lake in the world after Lake Don Juan in Antarctica. |
These hills surround Lake Assal. |
Due to high evaporation, the salinity level of the lake water is 10 times more than of the sea. |
It takes about 2 hours to reach here from the capital of Djibouti. |
This place is a must-see destination for all the tourists. |
Lake Assal is located in the middle of Djibouti. |
Lake Assal is located in a closed depression at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley. |
The lake lies at an altitude of 155 m (509 ft) below sea level, making it the lowest point of Africa. |
At least 5 liters of fresh water per person is required if you want to swim in the salty water. |
Basalt rocks tell us about the volcanic nature of these places. |
Lake Assal is a worthwhile day trip from Djibouti. |
I'm on a background of Lake Assal. |
Lake Assal area is proposed to be developed as a tourist attraction. |
Black hill and white shore. |
Our driver stands beside his vehicle. |
We had rented this stylish Volvo microbus for US$200. |
Me and the driver of stylish microbus. |
Grey wide spots on the surface of the lake. |
Lunar landscape. |
Road was built very close to the shore of lake. |
Lake Assal literally means “Honey lake”. |
Lake is considered a national treasure. |
Intense heat and strong winds fuel rapid evaporation, leaving a ring of minerals around the lake's shore. |
Diaphanous water of the lake. |
Lake water maintains an equilibrium between the hot spring and evaporation rate. |
You can notice a wonderful beach in the distance. |
Wonderful salt formation on the shore. |
Incredible salt formation of snow-white color. |
You can observe naturally formed minerals on this rock. |
Crystalline solid substances on the shore. |
You may notice a car in the distance. |
Few tourists on the shore. |
Salt production started on a semi-industrial scale at Lake Assal in 1998. |
Lake Assal is a volcanic lake. |
Thickly saline water body. |
In the middle of the day, the water of Lake Assal looks unusually with its emerald color on the background of the snow-white shore.
Lake Assal is a vast area of white and emerald surfaces. |
We were fascinated by the different colors of the highly saline water from different view points. |
Marvellous beach of emerald color is the highlight of lake. |
Lake water colour changes in the duration of the day, at times appearing in fluorescent colours. |
It was really cool to walk on the snow-white crystallised salt surface! |
Rocks around the beach. |
Islands of the lake. |
All these souvenirs have been made from the salt crystals. |
Skulls crusted in salt are the souvenirs for sale. |
Black mountain and the white plains. |
An incredible salt white beach. |
There is no sand on this beach. |
I'm on a background of the Lake Assal beach. |
Salt crystals on the beach. |
This lake is the most lowest point in Africa. |
No sharks here because nothing can live in this water. |
On our way back to the Djibouti city we passed the good village again. |
Djiboutian child with a peculiarly painted face. |
Djiboutian girl is smiling. |
Djiboutian boy with a funny hairstyle. |
Djiboutian children. |
Cute little girl. |
Give me a candy, please! |
Wide smile of a Djiboutian girl. |
Djiboutian little girls from the good village. |
More candies, please! |
Girl is chasing after my car. |
I can see my reflection in the eyes of a little girl. |
In chase for the candies. |
She snatched the whole package with candies from my hands. |
Djiboutian mountains. |
Trees grow in very small quantities on the hills. |
Dromedaries. |
A tree-like form of aloe. |
Metal barrels used by nomads. |
The Blackhead Persian is a fat-tailed breed of domestic sheep from Africa. |
Scrapyard. |
We saw this scrapyard somewhere on the way to Djibouti city. |
She's just pretending because her granddaughter had already received a candy. |
Djiboutian boy. |
Road sign. |
Slum district of the Djibouti city. |
Slum. |
Soccer in the urban slum. |
Roadside cafe near Djibouti. |
Garbage dump in the slum near Djibouti. |
Mother and her daughter on the street of Djibouti city. |
There are a big quantity of jeeps in the Djibouti city. |
Young women in the city of Djibouti. |
Mosque Nouriye in the Djibouti city. |
Cute little girl in the Djibouti city. |
Cute little girl has received a candy from us. |