Danakil the devil's land
The Danakil is a region that lies on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea and Djibouti, and is an area of the most inhospitable parts of the planet and in the warm period can reach 70 ° C.
there they live the Afar people, a nomadic people and proud and great warrior traditions are recognizable for the long curly hair and still wear the traditional dagger jile while the women are considered the most beautiful in the world, wear their hair braided wear colorful necklaces and have the scarified facial.
The Danakil is a land of volcanoes, Erta Ale is one of the few visible with red-hot lava into its caldera but you have to tackle the climb at night and escorted by the military for fear of ambushes of armed groups.
The Dallol, is a show of indescribable colors, due to the dissolution of salts in water and rock formations.
Then there is the plain of salt only source of work remained for the Afar in the inaccessible area, the village of ahmed ela where start the interminable caravans of camels laden with salt blocks to bring in markets around the horn of africa. .
