Tank cemetery in a model African country

If you are attracted to Africa, but its eccentricity frightens you, then Eritrea is the thing for you. On the one hand, it has all the components of the African way of life ... on the other, it’s quiet and calm.

Eritrea has long been part of Ethiopia. Since the 60s, Ethiopians dripped on the brains of their independence and in 1993 achieved it.

And she did it both vilely and gracefully, cutting off the Elder Sister's access to the sea. Ethiopia is now the most populated landlocked state in the world. That is, more than 100 million people have nowhere to go to relax!

Have 6 million Eritreans of the sea flood.

More interesting: as Isayas Afeverki became president in 1993, the elections have never been held since then. In many ways, the Eritrean government is considered one of the worst in the world. We are not talking about democracy at all. Eritrea ranks last in the world in terms of freedom of speech index.

Most of the country is closed to visitors, as in North Korea and Libya. Officially outside the capital, foreigners cannot move without permits. True, it’s free.

But visually the country makes a very good impression. Purely, non-sticky people, zero crime. A lot of cyclists.

The secret main attraction of the capital is the Tank Cemetery.

I must say that there are not very many tanks here. But a bunch (in the literal sense of the word) of decommissioned buses, aircraft debris, loaves and gazelles, captured and lined Ethiopian military equipment. Mostly Soviet-made. Brotherly help.