The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
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Eritrea 2025

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Asmara

Asmara Palace Hotel (née Intercontinental), Eritrea 2025
Asmara Palace Hotel (née Intercontinental)
By chance, it was Tourism Week, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
By chance, it was Tourism Week
Medebar Market: Recycling old metal, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Medebar Market: Recycling old metal
Recycled metal goods, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Recycled metal goods
Lutheran (?) Church, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Lutheran (?) Church
Eritrean Orthodox Church (~1938), Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Eritrean Orthodox Church (~1938)
Khulafa al-Rashidun Mosque (1938), Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Khulafa al-Rashidun Mosque (1938)
Faded Art Deco building, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Faded Art Deco building
Official Reviewing Stand, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Official Reviewing Stand
Art Deco Cinema Impero, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Art Deco Cinema Impero
Catholic Cathedral (1923), Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Catholic Cathedral (1923)
Cathedral Belltower (1925), Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Cathedral Belltower (1925)
Cathedral interior, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Cathedral interior
Fiat Tagliero Gas Station (1938) An unusual Art Deco structure, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Fiat Tagliero Gas Station (1938)
An unusual Art Deco structure
Fiat Tagliero, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Fiat Tagliero
Fiat Tagliero, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Fiat Tagliero
St Francis Church (1938), Asmara, Eritrea 2025
St Francis Church (1938)
Art Deco Cinema Roma, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Art Deco Cinema Roma
St Michael Orthodox Churc, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
St Michael Orthodox Churc
View over Asmara, Eritrea 2025
View over Asmara
"Tank Cemetery", just outside Asmara, Eritrea 2025
"Tank Cemetery", just outside Asmara
Ruined gear + guide, Asmara, Eritrea 2025
Ruined gear + guide

Keren

Modern Church, Keren, Eritrea 2025
Modern Church

Keren: St Mary's Baobab: An important pilgrimage site

St Mary’s Baobab, Keren: St Mary's Baobab: An important pilgrimage site, Eritrea 2025
St Mary’s Baobab
Shrine interior, Keren: St Mary's Baobab: An important pilgrimage site, Eritrea 2025
Shrine interior
St Mary’s Baobab: rear view, Keren: St Mary's Baobab: An important pilgrimage site, Eritrea 2025
St Mary’s Baobab: rear view

Keren: Commonwealth War Cemetery

WWII Commonwealth War Cemetery, Keren: Commonwealth War Cemetery, Eritrea 2025
WWII Commonwealth War Cemetery
WWII Commonwealth War Cemetery, Keren: Commonwealth War Cemetery, Eritrea 2025
WWII Commonwealth War Cemetery

Massawa

Massawa was heavily damaged in 1990 Ethiopian bombing.
Tank Memorial to 1990 Liberation of Massawa, Eritrea 2025
Tank Memorial to 1990 Liberation of Massawa
View to Massawa, Eritrea 2025
View to Massawa
Former Bank of Italy, Massawa, Eritrea 2025
Former Bank of Italy
Art Deco hotel Shape mimicking a ship's prow, Massawa, Eritrea 2025
Art Deco hotel
Shape mimicking a ship's prow
"Haile Selassie's Palace", Massawa, Eritrea 2025
"Haile Selassie's Palace"
"Haile Selassie's Palace", Massawa, Eritrea 2025
"Haile Selassie's Palace"
"Mosque of the Companions" An Ottoman structure, <i>p, Massawa, Eritrea 2025
"Mosque of the Companions"
An Ottoman structure, perhaps on a much older site

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