Tag Archives: Danakil

Sunset at the lake

Posted on 21 Apr 2014 by lornaofarabia

Danakil day 2, afternoon The tour company advised us to bring a book and a diary for Saturday afternoon, when it would be too hot to go anywhere. The temperature reached 50 C, which is about 122F. Indeed, that is … Continue reading →

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Holiday in hell? Sign me up!

Posted on 9 Apr 2014 by lornaofarabia

Pursuant to Tuesday’s “don’t go there” post… Some ICS teachers spent last October break in the Danakil Depression in northern Ethiopia, the place National Geographic called the “cruelest environment on earth.” I was sorry to miss that excursion, but we’d … Continue reading →

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